Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
June 24, 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
Rt Elevator
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 ELEVATOR UPPER PLATING OTBD SECTION SHOWS INTERIM REPAIR AND CORROSION FROM STA XE 246.000 TO XH 285.000. REMOVED FASTENERS, REMOVED CORROSION AND FOUND OUT OF LIMITS. REMOVED DAMAGED SKIN PANEL, CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA. FABRICATED NEW SKIN PANEL (2024-T3 AL0.032) IAW EODHL-030523, ED-3404. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED NEW SKIN PANEL INTERIOR SURFACE IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED NEW SKIN PANEL ON RT ELEVATOR UPPER PLATING OTBD SECTION STA XE 246.000 TO XH 285.000) USING NEW FASTENERS IAW EODHL-030523, ED-3404, SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. SEE N/R 4037 FOR WEIGHT AND BALANCE. FOR REMOVAL AND RE-INSTALLATION SEE J/C 8-27-60-016.

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