What was found
THREE FASTENER HOLES NOT FILLED, STATION 558, INTERCOSTAL AT LONGERON 8 LEFT. INSTALLED FASTENERS. WHILE REPAIRING FOUND INTERCOSTAL CRACKED. REMOVED, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED INTERCOSTAL.
- Difficulty date
- January 22, 2001
- Submitted
- February 2, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N800ME
- Make and model
- Doug DC914
- Aircraft serial
- 45842
- Aircraft time
- 88,120 hours, 90,362 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Intercostal
- Part number
- 99576673
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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.