What was found
INSPECTION TYPE:4C, LOWER CTR CARGO LONGERON SPLICE FITTING HAS A CRACK AT STA 5-123 RH L- 39. REMOVED SPLICE FITTING AT 5-123 AND L39R. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED SPLICE FITTING, REF DWG A5A7114 AND SRM 51-33-01, PG 30/31, TABLE 12.
- Difficulty date
- July 23, 2010
- Submitted
- August 20, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N281UP
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48538
- Aircraft time
- 48,216 hours, 9,520 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron Splice
- Part number
- A5A7114521
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- L39r
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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