Service difficulty report · Rib · Doug DC873

Difficulty date
June 3, 2007
Submitted
June 12, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803DH
Make and model
Doug DC873
Aircraft serial
46123
Aircraft time
83,934 hours, 31,028 cycles
Part
Rib
Part number
97532944
Condition
Cracked
Location
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

NR 4 STUB WING RIB CRACKED STA XOLDO 67.750 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW JC EC-00364-001, DOUGLAS DWG NR 9753297. REMOVED CRACKED RIB IAW SRM 57-1-0 PG 1, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW RIB (P/N 9753297-4SP) IAW SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-1 (TORQUE). REFER TO JC EC-00364-001 (WO 1028) FOR RIB FABRICATION.

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