Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug DC931

Difficulty date
March 1, 2000
Submitted
April 13, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N984Z
Make and model
Doug DC931
Aircraft serial
47412
Aircraft time
71,673 hours, 81,088 cycles
Part
Longeron
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 965
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING OP 16 MAINT CHECK, LONGERON 16L WAS CRACKED AT STA 965 FASTENERS. INSTALLED NEW SECTION OF LONGERON FROM STA 937 TO 975 PER SPM 6-70-01 PAGE 3 AND DOUGLAS PRINT 5911427. INSTALLED SPLICE AT STA 975 PER SRM 53-02 FIG 18.

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