- Difficulty date
- May 27, 2007
- Submitted
- June 1, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873
- Aircraft serial
- 46123
- Aircraft time
- 83,934 hours, 31,028 cycles
- Part
- Frame
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Rt Wing
- Part time
- 83,934 hours, 31,028 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 WING OUTBD L/E INNER SECTION FORMER CRACKED 0.250", STA XFS 635.000. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21. FABRICATED (2EA) ANGLE DOUBLERS 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 NEW ANGLE DOUBLERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 AND SRM 51-1-20D. TORQUED IAW SRM 51-3-1.
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