- Difficulty date
- March 24, 2002
- Submitted
- April 17, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N709UP
- Make and model
- Doug DC871F
- Aircraft serial
- 45914
- Aircraft time
- 76,457 hours, 50,203 cycles
- Part
- Fitting
- Part number
- 3755843
- Part serial
- 987483
- 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.
What was found
INSPECTION TYPE:C1 AFT CARGO PIT AT FS 1230 BETWEEN L34R - L35R Z-FITTING IS CRACKED. REMOVED AND REPLACED FITTING IAW DC SRM 53-2-0 FIG 2D. FABBED SPLICE ANGLES IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0, INSTALLED FITTING AND REPAIR ANGLES IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0.