- Difficulty date
- June 17, 2003
- Submitted
- July 22, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N873SJ
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46091
- Aircraft time
- 83,849 hours, 22,246 cycles
- Part
- Frame
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Horiz Stab
- Part time
- 83,849 hours, 22,246 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 HORIZ STAB L/E INNER FORMER HAS 0.500 CRACK IN UPPER AND LOWER PART (XFS. 53.750). REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. STOP DRILLED CRACK AND FABRICATED REINFORCING ANGLES IAW SRM 55-2-0 PG 7-8. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED IAW SRM 51-1-8B INSTALLED REINFORCING ANGLES IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1, SRM 51-1-20D PG 9.