Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 27, 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
Slot Vane
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 INBOARD SLOT VANE OUTER PLATING SHOWS ELONGATED HOLES AT STA XS 247.000. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR. REMOVED FASTERNERS FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. TRIMMED OUT THE DAMAGED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. FABRICATED A REPAIR EXTERNAL DOUBLER AN INTERNAL DOUBLER AND A FILLER IAW EODHL-030561, ED-3291. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED EXTERNAL DOUBLER INTERIOR SURFACE, FILLER AND INTERNAL DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED EXTERNAL DOUBLER, INTERNAL DOUBLER AND FILLER ON RT WING INBOARD SLOT VANE OUTER PLATING, STA XS 247.000 USING NEW FASTENERS IAW EODHL-030561, ED-3291 AND SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.

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