Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
January 31, 2004
Submitted
February 13, 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
Corroded
Location
Vertical Stab
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

VERTICAL STAB L/E HAS HOLES CORRODED STA ZFS 179.750 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-3-0 PG 1, SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. REMOVED CORROSION IAW SRM 51-1-8 PG 17-18. FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 55-2-1 FIG 3. TRIMMED OUT AND REMOVED DAMAGED AREA IAW ED EDU80-16, DWG U80-R16. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION IAW DC8 NDT SPM PART 06-10-01-001. FABRICATED FILLER (7075-T6AL 0.050) AND DOUBLER(7075-T6AL 0.063) IAW ED EDU80-16, DWG U80-R16. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA, FILLER AND DOUBLER INTERNAL PART IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED FILLER AND DOUBLER.

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