Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
February 2, 2003
Submitted
May 18, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N804DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46124
Aircraft time
77,866 hours, 28,485 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Te Flap
Part time
77,866 hours, 28,485 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 OUTBOARD FLAP UPPER SKIN SURFACE WITH 1.000 INCH CRACK BETWEEN STA XF 213.000 AND XF 169.000 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 57-2-5 PG 3-6. CUT OUT DAMAGED SKIN IAW SRM 57-2-5 PG 3-6. FABRICATED FILLER (2024-T3 0.020) AND SPLICE (2024-T3 0.063) AND NEW SKIN (2024-T3 0.063) IAW SRM 57-2-5 PG 3-6. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED FILLER AND SPLICE AND NEW SKIN INNER SURFACE IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED FILLER AND SPLICE AND NEW SKIN IAW SRM 57-2-5 PG 3-6, SRM 51-1-21 PG 1, SRM 51-1-15 PG 1.

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