- Difficulty date
- March 31, 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 Te Flap
- 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
LEFT INBOARD FLAP LOWER FRAME 1.000 CRACK AT STA XW 127.000. PERFORMED STOP HOLE AND FABRICATED ANGLE DOUBLER (7075-T6 0.040) IAW DC8 SRM 57-2-0 PG 2E-2F. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND ANGLE DOUBLER IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED ANGLE DOUBLER IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.