What was found
INSPECTION FOUND A .75 INCH CRACK ON LONGERON SPLICE AT L28L BETWEEN STA 218 AND 229. THE LONGERON SPLICE WAS REMOVED AND A NEW SPLICE WAS INSTALLED IAW SRM 51-30-2 AND 51-30-5.
- Difficulty date
- September 7, 2001
- Submitted
- September 10, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N15820
- Make and model
- Doug DC982
- Aircraft serial
- 49480
- Aircraft time
- 47,745 hours, 22,833 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Splice
- Condition
- Cracked
- 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.