Service difficulty report · Rib · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
July 13, 2006
Submitted
July 26, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N806UP
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46006
Aircraft time
80,092 hours, 25,938 cycles
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
L/E Slat
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

RT CENTER LE UPPER RIB AT XFS 415 IS CRACKED. STOP DRILLED CRACK. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLE IAW SRM 57-2-0 FIG 002, 51-1-21 AND 51-1-20D. SAT PREVIOUSLY SENT THIS WRITEUP WITH WRONG TAIL NR.

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