Service difficulty report · Vane · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
April 18, 2003
Submitted
May 18, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N801DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46033
Aircraft time
78,807 hours, 30,335 cycles
Part
Vane
Part number
5642960507
Condition
Corroded
Location
Lt Wing Te Flap
Part time
78,807 hours, 30,335 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 INBOARD FLAP VANE UPPER PLATING CORRODED STA XW 104.000 - XW 115.000 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW EODHL 030406, ED 3282. REMOVED CORROSION ON INBOARD FLAP UPPER PLATING IAW SRM 51-1-8 PG 17-18. FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 57-2-0 PG 16. REMOVED CORRODED SKIN IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. FABRICATED (03 EA) INNER FILLERS (01 EA WITH 2024-T3 0.016 AND 02 EA WITH 0.025) AND NEW SKIN (2024-T3 0.063) IAW EODHL 030406, ED 3262. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED FILLER INNER PART AND NEW SKIN IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON SPLICE SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-15 PG 2. INSTALLED FILLER AND NEW SKIN IAW EODHL 030406, ED 3262, SRM 51-1-21 PG 2 AND SRM 51-

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