- Difficulty date
- November 3, 2004
- Submitted
- February 1, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N873SJ
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46091
- Aircraft time
- 85,619 hours, 22,871 cycles
- Part
- Fitting
- Part number
- 4641324U501
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Part time
- 85,619 hours, 22,871 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 CARGO COMPT AFT SPLICE FITTING CRACKED 0.500 (STA 1690.000 - 1700.000, L-32R) MAJOR REPAIR. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW DC8 SRM 53-1-0 PG 1. REMOVED CRACKED AFT SPLICE FITTING IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-20D PG 21. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW SPLICE FITTING IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-20D PG 9.