- Difficulty date
- February 20, 2005
- Submitted
- March 22, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46125
- Aircraft time
- 80,855 hours, 29,583 cycles
- Part
- Frame
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Vertical Stab
- Part time
- 80,855 hours, 29,583 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
VERTICAL STABILIZER L/E FORMER CRACKED 1.000, STA ZFS 104.750. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. PERFORMED STOP HOLE AND FABRICATED ANGLE DOUBLER (2EA) (AL7075-T6 0.032) IAW SRM 55-2-0 PG 7-8 FIG 2. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED ANGLE DOUBLER WITH NEW FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 2, SRM 51-1-20D PG 9. TORQUED IAW SRM 51-3-1 PG 2A TABLE 2.