Service difficulty report · Mechanism · Doug DC873

Difficulty date
December 11, 2003
Submitted
December 18, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N802DH
Make and model
Doug DC873
Aircraft serial
46076
Aircraft time
81,763 hours, 30,243 cycles
Part
Mechanism
Part number
5715841506
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Aileron
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

RIGHT WING INBD AILERON MANUAL REVERSION MECHANISM CRACKED. REMOVED AND REPLACED MANUAL REVERSION MECHANISM AT RIGHT WING INBD AILERON IAW MM 27-11-8 PG 401-404. PERFORMED ADJUSTMENT TEST, GOOD IAW MM 27-10-0 PAGES 510 THRU 515. SEE NR 1456 FOR OPS CHECK.

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