What was found
INSPECTION TYPE:4C, LONGERON 9L, SPLICE FITTING IS CRACKED AT STA 1531/5-123. REPLACED SPLICE FITTING LONGERON 9L AT STA 1531/5-123 REF SRM 51-33-01 PARA. 8, PAGE 30 AND SRM 51-31-01 PAGE 36, TABLE 13.
- Difficulty date
- January 9, 2013
- Submitted
- February 1, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N272UP
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48571
- Aircraft time
- 52,250 hours, 13,185 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron Splice
- Part number
- A5A7112501
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1531 L9l
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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