- Difficulty date
- August 28, 2004
- Submitted
- October 13, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N801DH
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46033
- Aircraft time
- 81,349 hours, 31,015 cycles
- Part
- Rib
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Lt Wing Le
- Part time
- 81,349 hours, 31,015 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 INNER WING OUTBOARD L/E FORMER CRACKED 0.750, STA XFS 703.750. PERFORMED STOP HOLE AND FABRICATED (2EA) REINFORCING ANGLES (AL2024-T3 0.032) IAW DC8 SRM 57-2-0 PG 9-10. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED REINFORCING ANGLES IAW DC8 SRM 57-2-0 PG 9-10, DC8 SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.