Service difficulty report · Frames · Lkheed 10113851

Difficulty date
April 17, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N713DA
Make and model
Lkheed 10113851
Aircraft serial
193C1089
Part
Frames
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
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

DURING SPECIAL INSPECTION, FOUND MAIN FUSELAGE FRAMES CRACKED AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS, RIGHT SIDE FS 609, 649, 669, 689, 709, 749, 1625, 1685, 1705, LEFT SIDE FS 1605, 1645, 1685, 1705, 1745. ALL CRACKS WERE AT WL 280. THESE CRACKS WERE FOUND AS A RESULT OF SPECIAL INSPECTION OF DL AIRCRAFT WITH 22,000 CYCLES AND HIGHER. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME CRACKS WERE FOUND AT THESE LOCATIONS ON DL AIRCRAFT. REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED PER DL ERA 270686.