- Difficulty date
- March 24, 2004
- Submitted
- May 19, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873
- Aircraft serial
- 46123
- Aircraft time
- 79,338 hours, 29,421 cycles
- Part
- Rib
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Lt Wing
- Part time
- 79,338 hours, 29,421 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 OUTER WING OTBD L/E RIB CRACKED 0.250 AT XFS 741.250 (UPPER PART). REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. FABRICATED DOUBLER (2024-T3AL 0.032) IAW SRM 57-2-0 PG 9-10. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED DOUBLER IAW SRM 57-2-0 PG 9-10, SRM 51-1-20D PG 9.