What was found
DURING A MAINTENANCE VISIT FOUND A CRACKED INTERCOSTAL BETWEEN MLG DOORS AND LT AND RT ATTACH FITTINGS AT STA 902, DAMAGE EXCEEDED LIMITATIONS IAW DC-8 SRM.
- Difficulty date
- October 13, 2000
- Submitted
- October 25, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N957R
- Make and model
- Doug DC863F
- Aircraft serial
- 46137
- Aircraft time
- 64,797 hours, 22,205 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Intercostal
- 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.