Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
January 7, 2004
Submitted
January 26, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N806DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46002
Aircraft time
84,257 hours, 26,080 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Le Structure
Part time
84,257 hours, 26,080 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

RIGHT INNER WING OUTBOARD EXTENDED L/E SLOT SKIN CRACKED 4.000 AT STA XILD 42.000. REMOVED CRACKED SKIN IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. FABRICATED NEW SKIN (7075-T6AL 0.071) IAW SRM 57-3-3 PG 11. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND NEW SKIN INTERNAL SURFACE IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW SKIN WITH NEW FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.

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