Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
December 27, 2004
Submitted
February 1, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N809DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46047
Aircraft time
91,189 hours, 29,520 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
91,189 hours, 29,520 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

EXTERNAL FUSELAGE - EXTERNAL SKIN CRACKED 0.500 AT STA 194.000 L-30L (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 53-2-1 FIG 7 SHEET 1, 3, 5. TRIMMED OUT DAMAGED AREA IAW SRM 53-2-1 FIG 7 SHEET 1, 3, 5. FABRICATED FILLER (AL7075-T6 0.071) FINGER DOUBLER (AL7075T6 0.050) DOUBLER (AL7075T6 0.080) IAW SRM 53-2-1 FIG 7 SHEET 1, 3, 5 SRM 53-4-1 PG 7 FIG 4. CLEANED TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REPAIRED PARTS IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED REPAIRED PARTS WITH NEW FASTENERS IAW SRM 53-2-1 FIG 7 SHEET 1, 3, 5 SRM 51-1-21 PG 1, SRM 51-1-20D PG 9.

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