- Difficulty date
- June 11, 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
- Tail Cone
- 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
TAIL CONE SECTION - FRAME CRACKED 1.000 STA. 1937.000 LH SIDE. STOP DRILLED CRACK AND FABRICATED DOUBLER (2024-T3 AL0.040) IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIG.2. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG.1, SRM 51-3-0 PG.1