- Difficulty date
- November 8, 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
- Structure
- 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 RIGHT L/E CRACKED 3.000M ZR 172.000 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 55-1-0 PG 1, SRM 55-6-1 FIG 1. REMOVED CRACKED PLATING IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. FABRICATED NEW PLATING (ALCLAD 2024-T3 0.040) IAW SRM 55-6-1 PG 2 FIG 1. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED NEW PLATING IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.