- Difficulty date
- March 21, 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
- Fitting
- Part number
- 3750257
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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
AFT CARGO COMPT SPLICE FITTING CRACKED 9.000 STA 1040.000 - STA 1060.000 L-31R (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 53-1-0 PAGE 1. REMOVED CRACKED SPLICE FITTING IAW SRM 51-1-20D PAGE 21. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW SPLICE FITTING IAW SRM 51-1-20D PAGE 9. TORQUED IAW SRM 51-3-1.