Service difficulty report · Rib · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
November 20, 2009
Submitted
December 28, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N9617R
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53564
Aircraft time
35,444 hours, 16,488 cycles
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
Te Flap
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.

What was found

LEFT WING INBOARD FLAP INBOARD WEDGE INBOARD RIB IS CRACKED OUT AT FORWARD END. REMOVED RIB, INSTALLED NEW MANUFACTURED MODIFIED RIB REF SRM 57-01-00 FIG 3 SHEET 2 AND 51-01-00.

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