Service difficulty report · Rib · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
November 18, 2008
Submitted
December 3, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803UP
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46073
Aircraft time
81,226 hours, 26,694 cycles
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Wing
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:SP LT WING OUTBOARD L/E INBOARD SECTION HAS CRACKED UPPER RIB ABOVE ACCESS PANEL 519A XFS 692. REMOVED DAMAGE AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-21, 51-1-20D, 57-3-3 FIG 006, 57-2-0 FIG 002.

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