Service difficulty report · Rib · Doug DC873

Difficulty date
January 29, 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
Part number
5652396
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Le 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

LT INBD FLAP RIB HAS FOUR CRACKS OF 1" AND 1.500" STA XW 125.000 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 57-7-1 FIG 2 PG 6 (SHEET 4). REMOVED CRACKED RIV IAW SRM 57-1-0 PG.1, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D. FABRICATED RIB (AL2024"0" 0.050") IAW SRM 57-7-1 FIG 2 PG 6 SHEET 4. HEAT TREATED FROM 2024"0" TO 2024T4 IAW SRM 51-1-1 PG 1-13-17. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND RIB IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED RIB IAW SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-1 (TORQUE).

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