Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
July 4, 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
Cracked
Location
Lt 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

LT WING OTBD FLAP LOWER FWD PLATING SHOWS CRACK (1.000 ) AND DENT BETWEEN STA XF.322.000 AND XF.355.000 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW EODHL-030620, ED-3451. REMOVED FASTENERS. TRIMMED OUT AND REMOVED THE DAMAGED SKIN SEGMENT IAW EODHL-030620, ED-3451. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA. FABRICATED A NEW SKIN SEGMENT AND TWO SPLICE STRAPS IAW EODHL-030620, ED-3451. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED THE NEW SKIN SEGMENT INTERIOR SURFACE AND SPLICE STRAPS IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES. INSTALLED THE NEW SKIN SEGMENT AND SPLICE STRAPS ON LT WING OTBD FLAP LOWER FWD. SURFACE (BETWEEN STA XF.322.000 AND XF.355.000) USING NEW FASTENERS.

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