- Difficulty date
- June 17, 2004
- Submitted
- July 9, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N803UP
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46073
- Aircraft time
- 79,223 hours, 25,248 cycles
- Part
- Rib
- Condition
- Gouged
- Location
- Rt Wing
- 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: C-3, RT WING OUT BOUND L/E INBOARD END RIB HAS DEEP GOUGE. BLENDED GOUGE AREA, FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW DC8 SRM 57-2-1 FIG 2G. FAB DOUBLER REPAIR IAW DC8 SRM 57-2-0 AND 51-1-4. LOCATED & DRILLED DOUBLER IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-24 & 51-2-0. ALODINED & PRIMED DOUBLER IAW DC 8 SRM 51-1-8. INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-20D AND 51-2-0 FIG 2.