- Difficulty date
- April 30, 1999
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46076
- Part
- Rib
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Rt Wing
- Stage of operation
- IN
- 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
C-CHECK, RT WING OUTB L/E INT THRU ACCESS PANEL 518B CRACKED RIBS AT UPPER END XFS 766.25 & XFS 760 DOT 64127-64128. STOPPED DRILLED END CRACK AT RT WING O/B L/E RIB STA XFS 766.250 & 760 IAW DC-8 SRM 57-2-0 PG 10 FIG 2. TREATED & PRIMED PER DC-8 SRM 51-1-8 PG 13 & 16 PAR 6 & 6F. INSTALLED PER DC-8 SRM 51-1-21 PG 1 PAR 1.