- Difficulty date
- June 25, 2002
- Submitted
- July 31, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46100
- Aircraft time
- 69,360 hours, 27,869 cycles
- Part
- Fitting
- Condition
- Corroded
- 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:C2 AFT PIT AFT SIDE OF Z-FITTING CORRODED AT PREV GROUND AREA. REMOVED CORRODED Z-FITTING, LOCATED DRILLED NEW FITTING AND FABBED 2 SPLICE REPAIR ANGLES. INSTALLED NEW FITTING AND SPLICE REPAIR ANGLES IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 2D & 51-1-20D.