What was found
CENTER CARGO COMPARTMENT LONGERON SPLICE CRACKED AT LONGERON 49L BETWEEN BS 5-113 TO 1541. REMOVED AND REPLACED SPLICE IAW SRM 51-31-01 REVISION 50.
- Difficulty date
- September 21, 2012
- Submitted
- October 24, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N585FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48481
- Aircraft time
- 69,546 hours, 14,423 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron Splice
- Part number
- A5A7114511
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1541 L49l
- 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.