Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
June 21, 2003
Submitted
July 22, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N873SJ
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46091
Aircraft time
83,849 hours, 22,246 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
T/E Flap
Part time
83,849 hours, 22,246 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 WING IB FLAP AFT LOWER PLATING HAS DENTS AND ELONGATED HOLES AT STA XW.104.000 - XW.115.000. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW EODHL-030603, ED-3421. REMOVED FASTENERS AND DAMAGED SKIN PANEL IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. FABRICATED NEW SKIN PANEL, AND INNER BONDED STRAP IAW EODHL-030603, ED-3421. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED NEW SKIN PANEL AND INNER STRAP IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11. INSTALLED NEW SKIN PANEL AND INNER BONDED STRAP ON LT WING IB FLAP AFT LOWER PLATING STA XW.104.000 - XW.115.000 USING NEW FASTENERS IAW EODHL-030603, ED-3421 AND SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.

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