- Difficulty date
- April 2, 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
- Clip
- 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 WING CTR L/E UPPER INTERNAL PART FORMER DOUBLER CLIP CRACKED 0.500 XFS 427.000. REMOVED CRACKED CLIP IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. FABRICATED NEW CLIP (ALCLAD 2024-T3 0.063) IAW SRM 57-2-0 PG 1, 2. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND NEW CLIP IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW CLIP IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.