Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 2, 2003
Submitted
August 23, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N604AL
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46047
Aircraft time
89,636 hours, 28,948 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Lt Wing
Part time
89,636 hours, 28,948 cycles
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

LT WING OUTBD L/E UPPER PLATING SHOWS ELONGATED HOLE AT XFS.710.000 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 57-2-1 FIG.38. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG.1, SRM 51-1-20D PG.21. CUT OUT DAMAGED AREA IAW SRM 57-2-1 FIG.38. FABRICATED FILLER (7075-T6 0.050) AND DOUBLER (7075-T6 0.063) IAW SRM 57-2-1 FIG.38. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED INNER SIDE OF FILLER AND DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED FILLER AND DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG.1, SRM 51-1-20D PG.9

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