Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
July 8, 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 OTBD FLAP LOWER AFT PLATING HAS AN INTERIM REPAIR FROM STA XF 415.000 TO XW.408.000. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW EODHL-030609, ED-3429. REMOVED THE EXISTING DOUBLER AND FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. FABRICATED A NEW SKIN PANEL IAW EODHL-030609,ED-3429. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED THE 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 LT WING OTBD FLAP LOWER AFT PLATING (STA XF415.000 - XW 408.000) USING NEW FASTENERS IAW EODHL-030609, ED-3429, SRM 51-1-21 PG 1 AND SRM 51-1-21A PG 3.

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