Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
August 27, 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
L/E Slot
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 EXTENDED L/E OUTBD VANE FWD PLATING ELONGATED HOLES AROUND STA XOLDO.67 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR. REMOVED FASTENERS, THE EXISTING INTERIM REPAIR AND FILLER. TRIMMED OUT THE DAMAGED SKIN AREA. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA. FABRICATED A REPAIR EXTERNAL DOUBLER, AN INTERNAL DOUBLER AND A FILLER. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED THE REPAIR EXTERNAL DOUBLER INTERIOR SURFACE, FILLER AND INTERNAL DOUBLER. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES. INSTALLED THE EXTERNAL DOUBLER AND INTERNAL DOUBLER AND FILLER ON LEFT WING EXTENDED L/E OTBD VANE FWD PLATING (AROUND STA XOLDO.67) USING NEW FASTENERS.

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