What was found
STATION 5-0 LONGERON 3L SPLICE FITTING CRACKED. FOUND DURING X-RAY INSPECTION.
- Difficulty date
- July 7, 2017
- Submitted
- July 7, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Filed by
- KO0R718X
Kalitta Air, LLC - Aircraft
- N435KD
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48435
- Aircraft time
- 74,966 hours, 14,977 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron Splice
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Zone 200
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- X
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.