- Difficulty date
- February 6, 2003
- Submitted
- February 14, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46117
- Aircraft time
- 79,572 hours, 25,333 cycles
- Part
- Fitting
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- 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: C3, AFT CARGO PIT AT FS 1160 BETWEEN L33R-34R Z-FITTING IS CRACKED. REMOVED CRACKED FITTING. FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER & SHIM IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0. ALODINED AND PRIMED IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8. INSTALLED NEW FITTING REPAIR DOUBLER AND SHIM IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-20D.