- Difficulty date
- March 12, 2008
- Submitted
- March 27, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46125
- Aircraft time
- 84,609 hours, 31,089 cycles
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Delaminated
- Location
- Rt Elevator Tab
- Part time
- 84,609 hours, 31,089 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 ELEV GEAR TAB LWR SKIN DELAMINATED 1.500". CUT OUT DAMAGED SECTION IAW SRM 55-2-2 PAR 4D, PAR 2 FIG 3. FABRICATED DOUBLER (AL2024T3 0.016") IAW SRM 55-4-0 PG 10. BONDED CORE AND DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-9 PAR 4. REFER TO NR 108672 FOR WEIGHT AND BALANCE.