- Difficulty date
- March 25, 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
- Frame
- 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 INNER WING CTR L/E FORMER CRACKED 0.250, XFS 427.750. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. STOP HOLE ON CRACK END AND FABRICATED DOUBLER (2024-T3AL 0.040) IAW SRM 57-2-0 PG 9-10. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1, SRM 57-2-0 PG 9-10.
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