Service difficulty report · Wing · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
October 14, 2002
Submitted
January 13, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N821BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
45811
Aircraft time
82,897 hours, 34,853 cycles
Part
Wing
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Wing Lower Le
Part time
82,897 hours, 34,853 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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 ADJACENT TO THE INBOARD FIRE BOTTLE VIEWING DOOR ON LEFT WING LOWER LEADING EDGE. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED REMOVAL OF DAMAGED AREA FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF REPAIR DOUBLER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOUGLAS STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL AND ENGINEERING ORDER R74-R02-IR

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