- Difficulty date
- July 23, 2002
- Submitted
- August 22, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N806DH
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46002
- Aircraft time
- 81,567 hours, 25,269 cycles
- Part
- Spar Cap
- Part number
- 97510821
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Lt Wing
- Part time
- 81,567 hours, 25,269 cycles
- 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
LT WING INBOARD LEADING EDGE UPPER CAP SHOWS CORROSION AND CRACK BETWEEN XFS 20.000 AND XFS 195.000. REMOVED CRACKED UPPER CAP IAW SRM 51-1-20D PAGE 21 AND SRM 51-1-21. INSTALLED NEW UPPER CAP IAW SRM 57-3-3 PAGE 5 DRAWING 9750482, SRM 51-1-21 PAGE 1, SRM 51-1-20D PAGE 9 AND SRM 51-1-5 PAGE 1.