What was found
DURING CHECK-C MAINT IN THE AFT ACCY COMPT THE LONGERON END WAS CRACKED AT STA 1418, LONGERON 2L. REPLACED CRACKED LONGERON PER SRM 53-14-4, FIG 2. REPAIRED WITH SPLICE SECTION PER SRM 53-02, FIG 7. SHIMMED REPAIR PART AS NECESSARY.
- Difficulty date
- July 23, 2001
- Submitted
- July 25, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N923TW
- Make and model
- Doug DC982
- Aircraft serial
- 49379
- Aircraft time
- 37,557 hours, 21,883 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron
- 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.