- Difficulty date
- December 22, 2004
- Submitted
- February 1, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N809DH
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46047
- Aircraft time
- 91,189 hours, 29,520 cycles
- Part
- Rib
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Rt Wing
- Part time
- 91,189 hours, 29,520 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
RIGHT WING CTR L/E FORMER CRACKED 0.250, STA XFS 291.000. PERFORMED STOP HOLE AND FABRICATED ANGLE DOUBLER (AL2024-T3 0.040) IAW DC8 SRM 57-2-0 PG 9-10. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND DOUBLER ANGLE IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED ANGLE DOUBLER IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-21 PG 1, DC8 SRM 51-1-20D PG 9.