- Difficulty date
- May 2, 2003
- Submitted
- August 23, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46047
- Aircraft time
- 89,636 hours, 28,948 cycles
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Canning
- Location
- Lt Elevator
- 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 ELEVATOR L/E UPPER EXTERNAL SKIN DEFLECTED AT XE.55.06 (OIL CANNING). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 55-1-0 PG 1, SRM 55-4-1 FIG 1. REMOVED DEFLECTED SKIN IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. FABRICATED NEW SKIN IAW SRM 55-1-0 PG 1, SRM 55-4-1 FIG 1. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND SKIN INNER PART IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW SKIN IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. FOR WEIGHT AND BALANCE SEE N/R 4038.