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
Corroded
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 - CORROSION BETWEEN SKIN AND L-30L, STA 1263.000 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1, SRM 51-1-20D PG 21. REMOVED CORROSION IAW SRM 51-1-8 PG 17-18. FOUND OUT OF LIMITS. TRIMMED OUT DAMAGED AREA IAW SRM 53-2-1 FIG 7 SHEET 4, 5. FABRICATED FINGER DOUBLER (AL7075-T6 0.050), FILLER (AL7075-T6 0.100), DOUBLER (AL7075-T6 0.125) IAW SRM 53-2-1 FIG 7 SHEET 1, 4, 5 SRM 53-4-1 FIG 17A. 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 AND FASTENERS (NEW) IAW SRM 53-2-1 FIG 7 (SHEET 1, 4, 5) SRM 51-1-21 PG 1, SRM 51-1-20D PG 9 SRM 51-3-0 PG 1.

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