- Difficulty date
- June 23, 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
- Fuselage
- 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
ITEM REF N/R 0621: NOSE SECTION RT TUNNEL FRAME AT STA -32.000 WITH 2.000 CRACK IN IT.(MAJOR REPAIR) CORR: PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIG 2. REMOVED DAMAGED FRAME IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. FABRICATED FRAME IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIG 2. HEAT TREATED IAW SRM 51-1-1 PG 11. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED FRAME IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED FRAME WITH NEW FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.