Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873

Difficulty date
November 30, 2003
Submitted
December 18, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N802DH
Make and model
Doug DC873
Aircraft serial
46076
Aircraft time
81,763 hours, 30,243 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
L/E Slat
Part time
81,763 hours, 30,243 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

ELONGATED HOLES IN RT WING EXTENDED L/E INBD VANE FORWARD PLATING AROUND STA XILD 7095 (MAJOR REPAIR). REMOVED FASTENERS. TRIMMED OUT THE DAMAGED SKIN AREA. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA. FABRICATED AND EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER (7075-T6AL 0.071), A FILLER (7075-T6AL 0.063), AN INTERNAL DOUBLER (7075-T6AL 0.050). CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED THE EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER INTERIOR SURFACE, THE FILLER AND INTERNAL DOUBLER. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES. INSTALLED THE EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER, FILLER AND INTERNAL DOUBLER ON RT WING EXTENDED L/E INBD VANE FWD PLATING (AROUND XILD 7095) USING NEW FASTENERS.

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