- Difficulty date
- February 3, 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 1040-1060 AT L28R SPLICE FITTING IS CRACKED. REMOVED CRACK FITTING. LOCATE NEW FITTING, DRILL EXISTING FASTENER HOLES AND DEBURRED IAW DC8 SRM 51-3-2. REMOVED LOWER FILLET PANEL FOR ACCESS IAW DC8 SRM 51-3-0. INSTALLED NEW FITTING AND LOWER FILLET PANEL IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-20D AND 51-3-0.