What was found
DURING ROUTINE C CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND AFT FUSELAGE SPLICE FITTING CRACKED AT STATION 1770.000 LONGERON 17 RIGHT. REMOVED CRACKED FITTING. INSTALLED NEW SPLICE FITTING IAW SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-1-21, AND SRM 51-3-1.
- Difficulty date
- April 9, 2009
- Submitted
- April 30, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N605AL
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46106
- Aircraft time
- 99,555 hours, 26,286 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron Splice
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1770
- Part time
- 99,555 hours, 26,286 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.