- Difficulty date
- October 14, 2002
- Submitted
- November 8, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N798UP
- Make and model
- Doug DC871F
- Aircraft serial
- 45898
- Aircraft time
- 66,421 hours, 24,990 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:C-2 AFT CARGO PIT AT FS 1160 BETWEEN L35R-36 Z FITTING IS CORRODED. REMOVED CORRODED ZEE FITTING, LOCATE NEW FITTING, DRILLED EXISTING FASTENER HOLES AND DEBURRED IAW DC8 SRM 51-3-2. FABRICATE REPAIR SPLICES IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0. INSTALLED ZEE FITTING AND REPAIR SPLICES IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-20D.