- Difficulty date
- November 1, 2003
- Submitted
- December 18, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873
- Aircraft serial
- 46076
- Aircraft time
- 81,763 hours, 30,243 cycles
- Part
- Support Angle
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Lt Wing
- Part time
- 81,763 hours, 30,243 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
LEFT WING RIB OTBD STUB WING SUPPORT ANGLE CRACKED 0.500 AT STA XS 520.000. REMOVED CRACKED SUPPORT ANGLE IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. FABRICATED NEW SUPPORT ANGLE IAW SRM 57-2-0 PG 1. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED SUPPORT ANGLE IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1, SRM 51-1-20D PG 9.