What was found
DURING A MAINTENANCE VISIT FOUND A CRACK TO THE GUSSET ON NR 4 MAIN INSIDE TANK THRU ACCESS HOLE 505C AND THRU MID-SPAR ACCESS HOLE 560C BETWEEN LWR STR 66 AND 67 AT STA XRS 255, DAMAGE EXCEEDED LIMITATIONS IAW DC-8 SRM.
- Difficulty date
- October 6, 2000
- Submitted
- October 11, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N500MH
- Make and model
- Doug DC871F
- Aircraft serial
- 45812
- Aircraft time
- 81,506 hours, 32,675 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Gusset
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuel Cell
- 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.