What was found
INSPECTION TYPE:4C, LONGERON 2L SPLICE FITTING CRACKED AT BS 1129. REMOVED, FABRICATED, AND INSTALLED REPLACEMENT SPLICE FITTING AT BS 1129 L2L IAW DWG ADA8413 & SRM 51-33-01.
- Difficulty date
- August 17, 2012
- Submitted
- August 29, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N270UP
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48576
- Aircraft time
- 46,791 hours, 12,113 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4460
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron Splice
- Part number
- ADA84131
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1129 L2l
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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