- Difficulty date
- January 24, 2007
- Submitted
- February 19, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873
- Aircraft serial
- 46076
- Aircraft time
- 86,868 hours, 31,939 cycles
- Part
- Angle
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- T/E Flap
- Part time
- 86,868 hours, 31,939 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
RT OUTBD FLAP SHOWS "T" ANGLE WITH CRACK 1" AT STA XT 165.000. REMOVED CRACKED T-ANGLE IAW SRM 51-1-21. FABRICATED NEW T-ANGLE (EXTRUSION P/N 1213286) IAW SRM 57-7-0 FIG 3, SRM 51-2-0 FIG 50. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND T-ANGLE IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED T-ANGLE IAW SRM 51-1-21.