Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 12, 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
T/E 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 OUTBOARD FLAP UPPER FWD PLATING HAS AN INTERIM REPAIR, AT STA XF 345.000 - XF 350.000 (MAJOR REPAIR). REMOVED FASTENERS, TRIMMED OUT THE DAMAGED SKIN SEGMENT IAW EODHL-030508, ED-3282. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. FABRICATED A NEW SKIN SEGMENT AND A SPLICE STRAP IAW EODHL-030508, ED-3282. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED THE 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 OUTBOARD FLAP UPPER PLATING, STA XF 345.000 - XF 350.000 USING NEW FASTENERS IAW EODHL-030508, ED-3282 AND SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.

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