- Difficulty date
- November 10, 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
- Doubler
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Rudder
- 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
RUDDER ACCESS DOOR NR 61A DOUBLER CRACKED 0.500. REMOVED CRACKED DOUBLER IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. FABRICATED NEW DOUBLER (AL2024-T3 0.032) IAW DC8 SRM 55-2-0 PG 1. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND DOUBLER IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW DOUBLER IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.