- 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
- 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 OTBD SKIN SEGMENT FLAP PLATING CRACKED 2.00, XW 160.000 - XW 169.000. CUT OUT DAMAGED AREA AND FABRICATED SPLICE AND NEW SKIN SEGMENT IAW SRM 57-2-0 FIG 4. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED SPLICE AND NEW SKIN SEGMENT IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.