- Difficulty date
- April 8, 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
- Skin
- 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- LT INBOARD STUB WING UPPER SKIN CRACKED 5.000 INCHES AT STA XS 250.000. REMOVED DAMAGED LT INBOARD STUB WING UPPER SKIN IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1 AND SRM 51-1-20D PG 21. FABRICATED NEW SKIN (7075-T6 AL0.063) IAW SRM 57-7-3 PG 11. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED INNER SURFACE IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW SKIN WITH NEW FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1 AND SRM 51-1-20D PG 9.