- Difficulty date
- March 23, 2005
- Submitted
- March 30, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46125
- Aircraft time
- 80,855 hours, 29,583 cycles
- Part
- Splice
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Stringer
- Part time
- 80,855 hours, 29,583 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
LONGERON END FITTING AFTER SPLICE FITTING CRACKED 3.000, STA 902.000 L-1 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW EA534000554, DWG 4750521, SRM 53-1-0 PAGE 1. REMOVED DAMAGED SPLICE FITTING IAW SRM 51-1-20D PAGE 21. FABRICATED SPLICE FITTING (AL7075T651) IAW DWG 4750521. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION TO SPLICE FITTING IAW NDT SPM PART 08-00-02-07. INSTALLED NEW SPLICE FITTING IAW SRM 51-1-20D PAGE 9. TORQUED IAW SRM 51-3-1.