Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC1030

Difficulty date
August 31, 2009
Submitted
September 3, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N810AX
Make and model
Doug DC1030
Aircraft serial
48265
Aircraft time
89,694 hours, 14,248 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 1 Slat
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

5:22 INTO FLIGHT, HEARD A LOUD THUMP WITH AN ASSOCIATED PITCH CHANGE WATER SYS, PRESS LOW LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND SYS 2 QTY REDUCED TO 0. 7:22 INTO FLIGHT, HEARD 2ND LOUD THUMP WITH ASSOCIATED PITCH CHANGE. NO ADDITIONAL ABNORMAL INDICATIONS WERE NOT. FOUND DAMAGE AT LT NR 1 SLAT CRUISE AERODYNAMIC FILLET AND LT HORIZ STAB L/E; REMOVED AND REPLACED LT NR 1 SLAT IAW AMM 27-80 CKS GOOD AND INSTALLED INTERIM REPAIR IN LT HORIZ L/E IAW ERA NR 5530-711 ERA; DRAINED POTABLE WATER SYS 1, 2, AND 3.

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