Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
June 11, 2003
Submitted
August 23, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N604AL
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46047
Part
Skin
Condition
Corroded
Location
Rudder
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 RUDDER INTERNAL SKIN CORRODED, STA ZR 150.000 - ZR 178.000. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. REMOVED CORROSION IAW SRM 51-1-8 PG 17-18. FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 55-2-0 PG 12. REMOVED DAMAGED SKIN PANEL IAW EODHL-030533, ED-3354. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. FABRICATED NEW SKIN PANEL IAW EODHL-030533, ED-3354. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED NEW SKIN PANEL IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED NEW SKIN PANEL ON LT RUDDER INTERNAL SURFACE STA ZR 150.000 TO ZR 178.000 WITH NEW FASTENERS IAW EODHL-030533, ED-3354, SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. SEE N/R 4051 FOR WEIGHT AND BALANCE.

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