- Difficulty date
- April 14, 2003
- Submitted
- May 18, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N801DH
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46033
- Aircraft time
- 78,807 hours, 30,335 cycles
- Part
- Frame
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Lt Wing
- Part time
- 78,807 hours, 30,335 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 CTR L\E FORMER CRACKED 1.000 INCH AT XS 454.000. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-121 PG 1. FABRICATED REINFORCING ANGLE (2024-T3 AL0.040) IAW SRM 57-2-0 PG 9-10. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED REINFORCING ANGLE WITH NEW FASTENERS IAW SRM 57-2-0 PG 9-10 AND SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.