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
Engine
Ge CFM56*
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 INBD FLAP LOWER FWD PLATING HAS INERIM REPAIR AT STA XW.86.50 TO XW.115.250. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW EODHL-030602, ED-3428. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG.1. TRIMMED OUT THE DAMAGED SKIN SEGMENT IAW EODHL-030602, ED-3428. FABRICATED A NEW SKIN SEGMENT, A SPLICE STRAP, AND A FILLER IAW EODHL-030602, ED-3428. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED THE NEW SKIN SEGMENT, SPLICE STRAP AND FILLER IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED NEW SKIN SEGMENT AND SPLICE STRAP AND FILLER ON LT WING INBD FLAP LWR PLATING, STA XW.86.50 - XW.115.250, USING NEW FASTENERS IAW EODHL-030602, ED-3428 AND SRM 51-1-21 PG1.

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