Service difficulty report · Skin · 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
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Horizontal Stab
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 HORIZONTAL STAB INTERIM REPAIR ON INBD L/E XFS 178.750. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW EODHL-030504, ED-3275. REMOVED FASTENERS, EXISTING INTERIM REPAIR AND FILLER IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. TRIMMED OUT DAMAGED AREA IAW EODHL-030504, ED-3275. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. FABRICATED A REPAIR DOUBLER (7075-T6 AL0.063) AND A FILLER (7075-T6 0.050) IAW EODHL-030504, ED-3275. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED DOUBLER INTERIOR SURFACE AND FILLER IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER AND FILLER ON RT HORZ STAB INBD L/E, STA XFS 178.750 USING NEW FASTENERS IAW EODHL-030504, ED-3275 AND SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.

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