What was found
DURING A MAINTENANCE VISIT FOUND A CRACK AT A SPLICE FITTING AT STA 390 AND LONGERON 31L, DAMAGE EXCEEDED LIMITATIONS IAW DC-8 SRM. REMOVED DAMAGE, TREATED AREA IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-8. BLENDED OUT AND REINSTALLED FITTING.
- Difficulty date
- March 13, 2000
- Submitted
- July 23, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N831AL
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46146
- Aircraft time
- 81,346 hours, 23,634 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Splice
- Part number
- 37799205132
- 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.