What was found
INSPECTION TYPE:3C, LONGERON 43L SPLICE FITTING CRACKED AT BS 1521/ 5-130. REMOVED, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPLACEMENT SPLICE FITTING BS 5-130, L43L IAW DWG A5A7116 AND SRM 51-33-01.
- Difficulty date
- May 15, 2016
- Submitted
- May 31, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N257UP
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48451
- Aircraft time
- 69,811 hours, 13,824 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron Splice
- Part number
- A5A7116503
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1521
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.