- Difficulty date
- February 24, 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
- Lt Wing Slat
- 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
LEFT OUTER WING INBOARD L/E UPPER FORMER CRACKED 0.500, XFS 603.750. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-20D PG 21, SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. PERFORMED STOP HOLE ON CRACK END AND FABRICATED ANGLE DOUBLERS (AL7075-T6 0.032) (2EA) IAW SRM 57-2-0 PG 9-10. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND ANGLE DOUBLERS IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED ANGLE DOUBLER WITH NEW FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-20D PG 9. TORQUED NUTS IAW SRM 51-3-1 PG 2A.