- 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
- Stringer Clip
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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
AFT ACCESSORY COMPT. CLIP ATTACHING FRAME TO SKIN AT STA.660.000 L-22R WITH 2.000 CRACK IN IT. REMOVED CRACKED CLIP IAW SRM 51-1-20D PG.21. FABRICATED NEW CLIP (STEEL 301 0.500 H0.050) IAW SRM 53-1-0 PG.1. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW CLIP IAW SRM 51-1-20D PG.9, SRM 51-1-14A.