- Difficulty date
- October 8, 2003
- Submitted
- November 22, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N807DH
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 45990
- Aircraft time
- 84,293 hours, 26,186 cycles
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Vertical Stab
- Part time
- 84,293 hours, 26,186 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
VERTICAL STAB INTERIM REPAIR ON L/E LEFT UPPER SIDE, STA ZFS 350.000 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 55-2-1 FIG 4. REMOVED INTERIM REPAIR IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. FABRICATED DOUBLER IAW SRM 55-2-1 FIG 4. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND INNER SIDE OF DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED DOUBLER WITH NEW FASTENERS IAW SRM 55-2-1 FIG 14, SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.