- Difficulty date
- June 6, 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
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- T/E Flap
- 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 INBD FLAP PLATING CRACKED 2.000 STA XW 125.000 - XW 128.000. REMOVED CRACKED PLATING IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. FABRICATED NEW PLATING IAW SRM 57-1-0 PG 1, SRM 57-7-1 FIG 1. CLEANTED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW PLATING IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.