- Difficulty date
- August 15, 2006
- Submitted
- August 25, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46100
- Aircraft time
- 71,154 hours, 29,264 cycles
- Part
- Rib
- Condition
- Gouged
- 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
INSPECTION TYPE:C3 RT CENTER L/E WING UPPER RIB HAS DEEP GOUGE AT XFS 435 BLENDED GOUGE IAW SRM 57-02-00 FIG 2 SHEET 2 (OUT OF LIMITS). FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER IAW SRM 57-3-3 FIG 5, SRM 57-02-00 AND SRM 51-1-20D AT RT CENTER L/E UPPER RIB XFS 435.