- Difficulty date
- September 29, 2008
- Submitted
- October 28, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N894UP
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46094
- Aircraft time
- 78,066 hours, 25,407 cycles
- Part
- Cusp Web
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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:SV REMOVE AND REPLACE WITH SRM REPAIR. EFN 8941997-55. ORIGINAL N/R 5 34204 LEFT CUSP MEMBRANE CRACKED AT LBL 45 BETWEEN FS 1580-1600. REMOVED DOUBLER VERIFIED CRACK STOP DRILLED IAW SRM 53-02-00-0. REINSTALLED DOUBLER AND VERIFIED REPAIR COMPLIES WITH DC-8 SRM 53-02-00-0 FIG 23.