SDR UPS804248

Service difficulty report · Rib · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
August 21, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N806UP
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46006
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
Ws 729
Stage of operation
IN
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

WHILE IN DALFORT FOR C-CHECK, MAINTENANCE FOUND A CRACK IN THE LEADING EDGE RIB AT THE AFT END OF THE LEFT HAND LEADING EDGE WING AT STA 729. MAINTENANCE STOP DRILLED THE CRACK AND REPAIRED THE RIB PER SRM 57-2-0 FIGURE 1, TREATED AND PRIMED PER SRM 51-8-1.

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