Service difficulty report · Wing · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
January 7, 2002
Submitted
March 1, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N823BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
46064
Aircraft time
83,172 hours, 33,844 cycles
Part
Wing
Condition
Cracked
Location
Leading Edge
Part time
83,172 hours, 33,844 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING ROUTINE C-CHECK INSPECTION A CRACK WAS DETECTED ON THE RIGHT WING CENTER LEADING EDGE FORWARD SIDE AT STATION WS485. STOP DRILLED CRACK, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER IN ACCORDANCE WITH DOUGLAS STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL AND ENGINEERING ORDER EDP44-01.

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