Service difficulty report · Rib · Doug DC873

Difficulty date
January 24, 2007
Submitted
February 19, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N802DH
Make and model
Doug DC873
Aircraft serial
46076
Aircraft time
86,868 hours, 31,939 cycles
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
T/E Flap
Part time
86,868 hours, 319 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

RT INBD FLAP RIB 1" CRACK STA XW 125.000 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 57-1-0 PG 1. REMOVED CRACKED RIB IAW SRM 51-1-21. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW RIB IAW SRM 57-7-1 FIG 2 SHEET 4, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-0, SRM 51-3-1.

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