Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 24, 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
Corroded
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 OUTER WING OTBD EXTENDED L/E OUTER PLATING LOWER SURFACE CORRODED AROUND STA XFS 710.000. REMOVED FASTENERS, REMOVED CORROSION, FOUND OUT OF LIMITS. TRIMMED OUT DAMAGED SKIN AREA. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION IAW DC8 NDT SPM PART 06-10-01-001. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA. FABRICATED A REPAIR DOUBLER (7075-T6 AL0.063), A FILLER (7075-T6 AL0.050) IAW EODHL-030554, ED-3315. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED DOUBLER INTERIOR SURFACE AND THE FILLER IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACE IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED FILLER AND DOUBLER ON LT OUTER WING EXTENDED L/E OUTER PLATING LOWER SURFACE, AROUND STA XFS 710.000 USING NEW FASTENERS.

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