- Difficulty date
- March 2, 2003
- Submitted
- March 21, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46080
- Aircraft time
- 68,460 hours, 25,963 cycles
- Part
- Rib
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Lt Wing Le
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- 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
INSPECTION TYPE: C2 LEFT WING L/E LOWER RIBS ARE CRACKED AT FASTENER END AT XFS 616.25 AND XFS 622.5 FWD OF PANEL OPENING. STOP DRILLED CRACKS, NDT VERIFIED STOP DRILLS TERMINATED CRACKS. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLERS IAW SRM 57-2-0 FIG 2.