- Difficulty date
- May 20, 2003
- Submitted
- August 23, 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
- Rt Wing Lw
- 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
RT WING CENTER L/E FRAME CRACKED 1.000, XFS.366.500 (UPPER INNER). STOP DRILLED CRACK AT XFS.366.500 AND FABRICATED ANGLE DOUBLER (2024-T3 0.040) 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 51-1-20D PG.9, SRM 51-1-21 PG.1