- Difficulty date
- April 10, 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
- Structure
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Lt Wing Aileron
- Part time
- 78,807 hours, 30,335 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- 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 AILERON T/E CRACKED 0.500 INCH BETWEEN STA XA 715.000 AND XA 780.000. REMOVED AILERON T/E (CRACKED) IAW SRM 51-1-21A PG 3-4. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. FABRICATED NEW T/E (2024-T3 AL0.020) IAW SRM 57-8-1 PG 8. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED INNER SURFACE IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW T/E IAW SRM 57-8-1 PG 8 AND SRM 51-1-21A PG 3-4.