Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
June 1, 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 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

RT INNER WING CTR EXTENDED L/E UPPER SKIN CORRODED AROUND STA XFS 354.000 - XFS 385.250. REMOVED FASTENERS. REMOVED CORROSION, FOUND OUT OF LIMITS. TRIMMED OUT THE CORRODED SKIN AREA. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA. FABRICATED A REPAIR DOUBLER (7075-T6 AL0.071) AND TWO FILLERS (7075-T6 AL0.063). CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED THE REPAIR DOUBLER INTERIOR SURFACE AND THE FILERS IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED FILLERS AND DOUBLER ON RT INNER WING CTR EXTENDED L/E UPPER SKIN (AROUND STA XFS 354.000 - XFS 385.000) USING NEW FASTENERS IAW EODHL-030519, ED-3355, SRM 51-1-21 PG 1 AND SRM 51-1-20D PG 9.

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