Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
August 25, 2003
Submitted
November 22, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N805DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46125
Aircraft time
78,174 hours, 28,879 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Lt Wing
Part time
78,174 hours, 28,879 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

LEFT WING OTBD FLAP UPPER PLATING HAS INTERIM REPAIR AROUND STA XF 225.000 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR. REMOVED FASTENERS. TRIMMED OUT THE DAMAGED SKIN AREA. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA. FABRICATED A NEW SKIN SEGMENT (2024-T4 AL0.071) AND A SPLICE STRAP (2024-T3 AL0.080). CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED THE NEW SKIN SEGMENT INTERIOR SURFACE AND THE SPLICE STRAP. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES. INSTALLED THE NEW SKIN SEGMENT AND THE SPLICE STRAP ON LEFT WING OTBD FLAP UPPER FWD PLATING (AROUND STA XF 225.000) USING NEW FASTENERS. SEE N/R 2042 FOR NR 4 FLAP VANE REMOVAL AND REINSTALLATION.

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