Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
July 1, 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
Corroded
Location
Rt Elevator
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

RT ELEV LWR PLATING OB SEC SHOW CORROSION, DENTS ON SEVERAL SPOTS FROM STA XE.246.000 - XH 285.000. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW EODHL-030604, ED-3424. REMOVED FASTERNERS, DAMAGED SKIN PANEL IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. REMOVED CORROSION IAW SRM 51-1-8. FOUND OUT OF LIMITS. CLEANED, TREATED, PRIMED AREA. FAB A NEW SKIN PANEL IAW EODHL-030605, ED-3424. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED NEW SKIN PANEL INTER SURFACE IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-1. INSTALLED NEW SKIN PANEL ON RT ELEV LWR SURFACE OB SECTION (STA. XE.246.000 - XH.285.000) USING NEW FASTENERS IAW EODHL-030605, ED-3424, SRM 51-1-21. FOR RT ELEV REMOVAL, INSTALL SEE N/R 2157 FOR REBALANCING.

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