Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873

Difficulty date
April 3, 2004
Submitted
May 19, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803DH
Make and model
Doug DC873
Aircraft serial
46123
Aircraft time
79,338 hours, 29,421 cycles
System (JASC)
5751 · Ailerons
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Wing Aileron
Part time
79,338 hours, 29,421 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 AILERON INBD L/E FASTENER HOLE, SKIN CRACKED 0.500, STA XA 500.000 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 57-8-1 PAGE 2 SRM 57-1-0 PAGE 1. REMOVED CRACKED PLATE IAW SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-3-0 PAGE 1. FABRICATED NEW PLATE (7075 T6 AL 0.040) IAW SRM 57-8-1 PAGE 1. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND NEW INNER PLATE IAW SRM 51-1-8B, INSTALLED NEW PLATING IAW SRM 51-1-21 PAGE 1, SRM 51-3-0 PAGE 1.

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