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
Damaged
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 ELEVATOR UPPER PLATING IB SECTION HAS INTERIM FLUSH REPAIR AND SEVERAL DEFLECTED AREAS, FROM STA XAR.0.000 TO XE.132.000. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW EODHL-030604, ED-3410. 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 IAW EODHL-030604, ED-3410. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED NEW SKIN PANEL INTERIOR SURFACE IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED NEW SKIN PANEL ON RT ELEVATOR UPPER SURFACE IB SECTION (STA. XAR.0.000 XE.132.000) USING NEW FASTENERS IAW EODHL-030604, SRM 51-1-21.

More about the Doug DC-8-73F