Service difficulty report · Structure · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 10, 2006
Submitted
May 16, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N873SJ
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46091
Aircraft time
87,294 hours, 23,582 cycles
Part
Structure
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Wing
Part time
87,294 hours, 23,582 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 WING CTR L/E LWR FORMER 1 INCH CRACK STA XFS 341.500. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D. PERFORMED STOP HOLE AND FABRICATED ANGLE DOUBLERS (2EA) OF AL7075T6 0.032" IAW SRM 57-2-0 PG 9-10. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND ANGLE DOUBLERS IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED ANGLE DOUBLERS IAW SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-1 PG 2A (TORQUE).

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