Service difficulty report · Intercostal · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
March 5, 2003
Submitted
March 26, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N880UP
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46080
Aircraft time
68,460 hours, 25,963 cycles
Part
Intercostal
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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, 1 EA FASTENER PULLED THRU STRAP ON INTERCOSTAL AT STA 1135 LT SIDE AT LONG 35L. STOP DRILLED CRACK, NDT VERIFIED STOP DRILL TERMINATED CRACK. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIG 23.

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