What was found
DURING C CHECK, DISCOVERED CRACKED HAT FLANGE AT LONGERON 3L ATTACH POINT ON OTBD FRAME STATION 200. REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION OF LONGERON 3L CRACKED FLANGE AREA FROM FS 189 - 229 & REPAIRED IAW DC-9 SRM CH 53-02 FIG 18 PAGES 49 - 55.
- Difficulty date
- April 9, 2015
- Submitted
- April 16, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N196US
- Make and model
- Doug DC915F
- Aircraft serial
- 47155
- Aircraft time
- 78,467 hours, 88,841 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron
- Part number
- S27779223
- Condition
- Cracked
- 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.