Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
July 10, 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 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 WING EXTENDED L/E I/B VANE HOLES ELONGATED AT STA XS.247 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW EODHL-0306029, ED-3468. REMOVED FASTENERS, TRIMMED OUT THE ELONGATED HOLES SKIN AREA, PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION IAW DC8 NDT SPM PART 6-10-01-001. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. FABRICATED A REPAIR EXTERNAL DOUBLER (7075-T6 AL0.071), AN INTERNAL DOUBLER AND A FILLER. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED THE REPAIR EXTERNAL DOUBLER INTERIOR SURFACE FILLER AND INTERNAL DOUBLER. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACE. INSTALLED EXTERNAL DOUBLER, INTERNAL DOUBLER AND FILLER ON RT WING EXTENDED L/E I/B VANE AT STA 247 USING NEW FASTENERS.

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