Service difficulty report · Rib · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
February 7, 2011
Submitted
April 8, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N821BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
45811
Aircraft time
91,517 hours, 39,480 cycles
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Wing Te Flap
Part time
91,517 hours, 39,480 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

DURING ROUTINE C-CHECK INSP, FOUND RT WING INBD FLAP RIB CRACKED AT STA XF 129.000. REMOVED DAMAGED RIB. FABRICATED NEW RIB. PERFORMED HEAT TREATMENT. CLEANED, TREATED, PRIME AREA AND REPAIR PARTS. INSTALLED NEW RIB IAW SRM CHAP 57-7-1 FIGURE 2, SHEET 4, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 57-1-0 FIG 1, SRM 57-7-1 FIG 2, SHEET 4, ITEM "Q", DPS 4.710 REV."L", SRM 51-1-4, DPS 3.69-5 REV."U", SRM 51-1-1, DPS 7.00-1 REV."BL", SRM 51-1-8B, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-0 AND SRM 51-3-1.

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