Service difficulty report · Rib · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
September 25, 2003
Submitted
October 10, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N866UP
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
45966
Aircraft time
85,040 hours, 27,876 cycles
Engine
Ge CFM56*
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
Right 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 LE. RIBS CRACKED AT XFS760 UPPER,XFS 766.25 UPPER, XFS 822.5 LOWER STOP DRILLED CRACKS, NDT VERIFIED STOPDRILLS TERMINATE CRACKS, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLERS IAW SRM. 57-2-0 FIG. 2

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