Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
November 3, 2004
Submitted
February 1, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N873SJ
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46091
Aircraft time
85,619 hours, 22,871 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Wing
Part time
85,619 hours, 22,871 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

LEFT OUTBOARD SLOT DOOR SKIN CRACKED 0.500, STA XS 478.897 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 57-1-0 PG 1, SRM 57-3-3 FIG 21. REMOVED LEFT OUTBOARD SLOT DOOR SKIN IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. FABRICATED NEW SKIN (AL2024-T6 0.050) IAW SRM 57-3-3 FIG 21. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND SKIN INNER FACE IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW SKIN TO LEFT OUTBOARD SLOT DOOR IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.

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