What was found
DURING CHECK-C MAINT IN THE AFT CARGO COMPT, FACTORY SPLICE HAD A 6 INCH LONG CRACK AT LONGERON 27L, BETWEEN STA 1193 AND 1212. REPLACED SPLICE PER SRM 53-02, FIG 14 PAGE 35. INSTALLED FASTENERS PER SRM 51-30-01.
- Difficulty date
- May 15, 2001
- Submitted
- May 21, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N9407R
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 49400
- Aircraft time
- 38,056 hours, 19,487 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Splice
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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