- Difficulty date
- November 1, 2004
- Submitted
- February 1, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N873SJ
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46091
- Aircraft time
- 85,619 hours, 22,871 cycles
- Part
- Rib
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Lt Wing
- Part time
- 85,619 hours, 22,871 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 OUTBOARD WING L/E FORMER CRACKED 0.500 AT XFS 885.000. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. PERFORMED STOP DRILL ON CRACK END IAW SRM 57-2-0 PG 8. FABRICATED ANGLE DOUBLER (ALCLAD 2024-T3 0.032) IAW SRM 57-2-0 PG 9-10. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED ANGLE DOUBLER AND AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED ANGLE DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-20D PG 9, SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.