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
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

LT WING INBD FLAP UPPER PLATING SHOWS INTERIM REPAIR BETWEEN STA XW 91.000 AND XW 75.500. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW EO DHL 030506, ED 3280. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. TRIMMED OUT THE DAMAGED SKIN SEGMENT IAW EO DHL 030506, ED 3280. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. FABRICATED A NEW SKIN SEGMENT, A SPLICE STRAP IAW EO DHL 030506, ED 3280. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED NEW SKIN SEGMENT INTERIOR SURFACE AND 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 LT WING INBD FLAP UPPER PLATING (STA XW 91.000 TI XW 75.500) USING NEW FASTENERS IAW EO DHL 030506, ED 3280 AND SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.

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