- Difficulty date
- April 24, 2005
- Submitted
- May 17, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N807DH
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 45990
- Aircraft time
- 86,990 hours, 26,973 cycles
- Part
- Splice
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Part time
- 86,990 hours, 26,973 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 2.000 (STA 1040.000 - 1060.000, L-31L) MAJOR REPAIR. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 53-1-0 PG 1. REMOVED CRACKED FITTING IAW SRM 51-1-20D PG 21. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED NEW FITTING IAW SRM 51-1-20D PG 9. TORQUED IAW SRM 51-3-1 PG 2A.