- Difficulty date
- August 11, 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
- 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
INSPECTION TYPE:C3 RT OUTBD LE WING UPPER RIB CRACKED AT XFS.591. STOP DRILLED CRACK IAW SRM 57-02-00-0. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED ANGLE R REPAIR IAW SRM 57-02-00-0 FIG 2, SRM 57-03-03-0 FIG 6 AND SRM 51-1-21D -D AT RT OUTBD LE WING UPPER RIB XFS 591.