- Difficulty date
- July 29, 2003
- Submitted
- November 22, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46125
- Aircraft time
- 78,174 hours, 28,879 cycles
- Part
- Frame
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Lt Wing
- Part time
- 78,174 hours, 28,879 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 OUTER WING OUTBD L/E FRAME CRACKED 0.500 AT STA XFS 835.000. 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). INSTALLED ANGLE DOUBLER WITH NEW FASTENERS IAW SRM 57-2-0 PG 9-10. REFER TO NR 0249 FOR LEFT OUTER WING OUTBD L/E REMOVAL/REINSTALLATION.