- Difficulty date
- April 27, 2003
- Submitted
- May 18, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46047
- Aircraft time
- 89,636 hours, 28,948 cycles
- Part
- Frame
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Lt Wing
- Part time
- 89,636 hours, 28,948 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 OUTBOARD L/E FORMER AT STA XFS 835.000 CRACKED 0.500 INCH. STOP DRILLED CRACK AND FABRICATED DOUBLER ANGLE (2024-T3 AL0.032) IAW SRM 57-2-0 PG 9-10. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND DOUBLER ANGLE IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED DOUBLER ANGLE AT XFS 835.000 IAW SRM 57-2-0 PG 9-10, SRM 51-1-21 PG 1 AND SRM 51-1-20D PG 9.