Service difficulty report · Plate · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 9, 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
Plate
Condition
Worn
Location
Rt Wing Te Flap
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

RT WING OTBD FLAP FWD UPPER PLATING WORN ON TWO AREAS BETWEEN STA XF 213.000 TO XF 201.500 (MAJOR REPAIR). REMOVED FASTENERS. TRIMMED OUT THE DAMAGED SKIN SEGMENT IAW EODHL-030507, ED-3281. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. FABRICATED A NEW SKIN SEGMENT (2024-T3 AL0.040) AND A SPLICE STRAP (2024-T3 AL0.050) IAW EODHL-030507, ED-3281. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED NEW SKIN SEGMENT INTERIOR SURFACE AND THE SPLICE STRAP IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED NEW SKIN SEGMENT AND SPLICE STRAP ON RT WING OTBD FLAP FWD UPPER PLATING, STA XF 213.000 TO XF 201.500 USING NEW FASTENERS IAW EODHL-030507, ED-3281 AND SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.

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