Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
August 23, 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
Cargo Door
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

LWR AFT CARGO COMPT FWD DOOR PLATING SHOW INTERIM REPAIR BETWEEN STA 1200.000 AND 1260.000 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR. REMOVED FASTENERS THE EXISTING SEGMENT AND SPLICE REPAIR. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA. FABRICATED A NEW SKIN SEGMENT (7075-T6 AL0.050) AND A DOUBLER SPLICE (7075-T6 AL0.063). CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED THE NEW SKIN SEGMENT AND DOUBLER SPLICE. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED THE NEW SKIN SEGMENT AND DOUBLER SPLICE ON FWD DOOR PLATING OF LWR AFT CARGO COMPT (BETWEEN STA 1200.000 - 1260.000) USING NEW FASTENERS IAW DHL-EDT66-9 AND DHL-DWGT66-R09, SRM 51-1-21 PG 1, SRM 51-1-20D PG 9, AND SRM 51-1-15 PG 1.

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