- Difficulty date
- September 11, 2003
- Submitted
- October 17, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N813UP
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46059
- Aircraft time
- 80,221 hours, 26,068 cycles
- Part
- Longeron
- 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 FUSELAGE INTERIOR L17 LEFT CRACKED BETWEEN FS 1768-1777. REMOVE CRACKED LONGERON IAW UPS DC8 SRM 51-1-20 & 51-1-21. LOCATE NEW LONGERON AND DRILL EXISTING FASTENER HOLES IAW UPS DC8 SRM 51-3-2. INSTALLED NEW LONGERON IAW UPS DC8 SRM 51-1-20D AND 51-1-21.