- Difficulty date
- May 27, 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
- Vertical Stab
- 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
VERTICAL STAB L/E FORMER INNER SECTION CRACKED 0.500 AT STA ZFS 104.750 LT SIDE. STOP DRILLED CRACK AT ZFS 104.750 AND FABRICATED REINFORCEMENT IAW SRM 55-2-0 FIG 2. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REINFORCEMENT IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED REINFORCEMENT IAW SRM 51-1-20D PAGE 9, SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.