- Difficulty date
- January 25, 2003
- Submitted
- May 18, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46124
- Aircraft time
- 77,866 hours, 28,485 cycles
- Part
- Frame
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Lt Wing
- Part time
- 77,866 hours, 28,485 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 UPPER PART WITH 1.000 AT STA XFS 379.000. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. STOP DRILLED CRACK IAW SRM 57-2-0 PG 9-10. FABRICATED ANGLE DOUBLER (2024-T3 0.032) IAW SRM 57-2-0 PG 9-10. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED IAW 51-1-8B. INSTALLED ANGLE DOUBLER WITH NEW FASTENERS ON LT WING CTR L/E FORMER UPPER PART AT XFS 379.000 IAW SRM 57-2-0 PG 9-10 AND SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.