Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 22, 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
Cracked
Location
Lt Wing
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 OUTER WING INBD L/E LOWER PLATING CRACKED 1.000, AROUND STA XFS 597.500. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW EODHL-030527, ED-3290. REMOVED FASTENERS, PERFORMED STOP HOLE ON CRACK END USING 0.250 DIA DRILL IAW EODHL-030527, ED-3290. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION IAW DC8 NDT SPM PART 06-10-01-001. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. FABRICATED A REPAIR DOUBLER IAW EODHL-030527, ED-3290. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED DOUBLER INTERIOR SURFACE IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED DOUBLER ON LT OUTER WING INBD L/E LOWER PLATING AROUND STA XFS 597.500 USING NEW FASTENERS IAW EODHL-030527, ED-3290, SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.

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