Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
July 6, 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 Wing
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 INNER WING CTR EXTENDED L/E OUTER PLATING CORRODED ON SEVERAL AREAS, AROUND XW.257.500 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR, REMOVED FASTENERS, REMOVED CORROSION, FOUND OUT OF LIMITS. TRIMMED OUT DAMAGED AREA IAW EODHL-030624, ED-3448. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION IAW DC8 NDT SPM 6-10-01-001. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED, FABRICATED A REPAIR DOUBLER AND 4 FILLERS. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED THE REPAIR DOUBLER INTERIOR SURFACE AND FILLERS. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED FILLERS AND DOUBLER ON RT INNER WING CTR EXTENDED L/E OUTER PLATING, (AROUND STA XW.257.500) USING NEW FASTENERS.

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