What was found
AFT CARGO, FS 1040 - 1060, LONGERON 31 RIGHT, SPLICE FITTING WAS CRACKED. RECEIVED NEW FITTING P/N 3750257-1. INSTALLED IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-20D. REMOVED DAMAGED FITTING IAW DC-8 SRM 51-3-2.
- Difficulty date
- December 29, 2001
- Submitted
- January 17, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N853AX
- Make and model
- Doug DC861
- Aircraft serial
- 46037
- Aircraft time
- 55,359 hours, 24,164 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Splice
- Part number
- 37502571
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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