- Difficulty date
- April 29, 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 Le
- Part time
- 89,636 hours, 28,948 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- 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 L/E FORMER AT STA XFS 591.250 WITH 0.500 INCH CRACK. STOP DRILLED CRACK AT STA XFS 591.250 AND FABRICATED ANGLE DOUBLER (2024-T3 0.032) IAW SRM 57-2-0 PG 9-10. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND ANGLE DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED ANGLE DOUBLER IAW SRM 57-2-0 PG 9-10, SRM 51-1-20D PG 9, SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.