What was found
LONGERON REPAIR SPLICE CORRODED. REMOVED EXISTING REPAIR SPLICE AND INSTALLED REPLACEMENT SPLICE PER SRM 53-02.
- Difficulty date
- September 14, 2007
- Submitted
- September 18, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N972AS
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 53448
- Aircraft time
- 45,132 hours, 23,404 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron Splice
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.