What was found
DURING ROUTINE C CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT SPLICE FITTING CRACKED AT STATION 600.000 - 620.000 LONGERON 31 RIGHT. REMOVED CRACKED FITTING. INSTALLED NEW FITTING IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-20D, AND SRM 51-3-1.
- Difficulty date
- October 28, 2008
- Submitted
- December 23, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N71CX
- Make and model
- Doug DC862F
- Aircraft serial
- 45961
- Aircraft time
- 72,846 hours, 18,649 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Fitting
- Part number
- 3750257505N
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Part time
- 72,846 hours, 18,649 cycles
- 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.