Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
July 5, 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
L/E Slat
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 OUTER WING IB EXTENDED LE LOWER PLATING CRACKED 1.000, AROUND STA. XFS.597.500 PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW EODHL-030625, ED-3457. REMOVED FASTENERS, TRIMMED OUT THE DAMAGED SKIN SEGMENT IAW EODHL-030625, ED3457. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION IAW NDT SPM PART 6-10-01-001. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. FABRICATED A REPAIR DOUBLER AND A FILLER. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED THE REPAIR DOUBLER INTERIOR SURFACE AND FILLER. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG.9. INSTALLED FILLER AND DOUBLER ON LT OUTER WING EXTENDED LE LOWER PLATING SURFACE (AROUND STA XFS.597.500) USING NEW FASTENERS FOR LE REMOVAL/INSTALLATION.

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