- Difficulty date
- July 14, 2004
- Submitted
- August 2, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46124
- Aircraft time
- 80,489 hours, 29,231 cycles
- Part
- Fitting
- Part number
- 4641324
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Fuselage
- Part time
- 80,489 hours, 29,231 cycles
- 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.
What was found
AFT FUSELAGE AFT LONGERON SPLICE FITTING CORRODED AT STA 1690.000, L-26L (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 53-1-0 PG 1. REMOVED CORRODED FITTING IAW SRM 51-1-20D PG 21. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW FITTING IAW SRM 51-1-20D PG 9.