Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC1030

Difficulty date
December 19, 2006
Submitted
December 20, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N306FE
Make and model
Doug DC1030
Aircraft serial
48287
Aircraft time
52,082 hours, 16,256 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Gouged
Location
Wing
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

LWR SURFACE OF WING JUST O/B OF AFT PYLON HAS DEEP GAUGE FROM DEPARTURE OF PYLON "V" PANEL DURING FLIGHT NR 3 PYLON. GOUGE LOCATION ON RIGHT WING BOTTOM SKIN BETWEEN S41 AND S40 AT XORS 372.0. GOUGE MEASURES 5.5 IN LONG AND 0.060 DEEP AT DEEPEST POINT. GOUGE IS APPROX 0.5 IN FROM FASTENER AND PER SRM 57-00-01 PG 5 OF VOL 1. THE BLEND OUT NEEDS TO BE 30Y WITH CURRENT AREA BLEND CAN ONLY BE APPROX 10Y. CONTACTED MEM ENGR FOR EA TO BLEND AREA. AS STATED IN PREVIOUS "SHGN", ENGINEERING HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO THIS DISCREPANCY. ENG HAS FOUND EA WAS NOT NEEDED. THE SRM HAS AN APPROVED REPAIR. BLENDED DAMAGED AREA IN ACCORDANCE WITH DC-10 SRM, CHAPTER 57-10-00 VOL 1 FIG 66.

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