- Difficulty date
- January 20, 2008
- Submitted
- February 4, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N873SJ
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46091
- Aircraft time
- 89,073 hours, 24,366 cycles
- Part
- Bracket
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Ailerons
- Part time
- 89,073 hours, 24,366 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 AIL BRACKET ASSY BROKEN (MAJOR REPAIR) INBD AIL. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 57-1-0 PG 1. REMOVED BROKEN FITTING IAW SRM 57-1-0 PG 1 SRM 51-1-21 SRM 51-1-20D. CLEANED, TREATED, PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW FITTING IAW SRM 51-1-21 SRM 51-3-0 SRM 51-1-20D SRM 51-3-1 BALANCE IAW SRM 51-4-1 PG 1-5. REMOVED WEIGHTS AT STA 546.000, FOUND WITHIN TOLERANCE.