Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
June 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
Corroded
Location
Tail Cone
Part time
89,636 hours, 28,948 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

TAIL CONE EXTERNAL SKIN SHOWS INTERIM REPAIR AND SEVERAL CORROSION SPOTS BETWEEN STA.1916.000 AND STA.1951.000. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW EODHL-030565, ED-3394. REMOVED FASTENERS AND INTERIM REPAIRS. REMOVED CORROSION. FOUND OUT OF LIMITS. TRIMMED OUT THE DAMAGED SKIN SEGMENT IAW EODHL-030565, ED3394. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA. FABRICATED A NEW SKIN SEGMENT (2024-T3 AL0.032), TWO DOUBLER SPLICES (2024-T3 AL0.040. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED THE NEW SKIN SEGMENT AND DOUBLER SPLICES. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES. INSTALLED NEW SKIN SEGMENT AND DOUBLER SPLICES ON TAIL CONE EXTERNAL SKIN (BETWEEN STA.1916.000 - 1951.000) USING NEW FASTENERS.

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