- Difficulty date
- October 22, 2003
- Submitted
- December 3, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N852UP
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46052
- Aircraft time
- 60,881 hours, 21,637 cycles
- Part
- Fitting
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Rt Wing
- 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
INSPECTION TYPE: C3, ATTACH FITTING AT XRS 624.000 REAR SPAR CRACKED. PERFORMED HFEC IAW MD NDT SPM 06-10-01.001. CRACK NOTED. REMOVED AILERON SUPPORT FITTING CRACKED ATTACH FITTING AND MOUNTING STUD IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-20 AND 51-3-0. LOCATED AND DRILLED ATTACH FITTING IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-24 . INSTALLED ATTACH FITTING, REINSTALLED MOUNTING STUD AND REINSTALLED AILERON SUPPORT FITTING AND TORQUED IAW DC8 MM 20-10-00.