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 Vane
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

RIGHT WING EXTENDED L/E INBD VANE FWD OUTER PLATING ELONGATED HOLES AROUND STA XS 247.000 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW ED EDU38-3 AND DWG U38-R03. REMOVED FASTENERS, TRIMMED OUT THE DAMAGED SKIN AREA. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA , FABRICATED AN EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER, A FILLER AND INTERNAL DOUBLER. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED THE EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER INTERIOR SURFACE, FILLER AND INTERNAL DOUBLER. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS ON EXTENDED L/E INBD VANE (RT WING STA XS 247.000) USING NEW FASTENERS IAW ED EDU38-3 AND DWG U38-R03, SRM 51-1-21 PG 1 AND SRM 51-3-0 PG 1.

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