Service difficulty report · Rib · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
April 12, 2003
Submitted
April 23, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N808UP
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46008
Aircraft time
74,572 hours, 28,469 cycles
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt 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: C1, RT WING L/E UPPER RIB IS CRACKED AT FASTENER END AT XFS 826.750. STOP DRILLED CRACK, NDT VERIFIED STOP DRILL TERMINATES CRACK, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED STACK ANGLE DOUBLER REPAIR IAW SRM 57-2-0 FIG 2.

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