Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
November 29, 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
Damaged
Location
Rt Wing Te Flaps
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

RIGHT WING OUTBOARD FLAP LWR FWD SKIN DAMAGED (BROKEN 1.000) AT XF 203.000 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 57-2-5 FIG 1 PG 3/4, 5/6. TRIMMED OUT DAMAGED AREA IAW SRM 57-2-5 FIG 1 PG 5-6. FABRICATED PLATING SEGMENT (AL2024-T3 0.032) SPLICE (AL2024-T3 0.063) FILLET (AL2024-T3 0.020) IAW SRM 57-2-5 PG 5-6. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED NEW PLATING INTERIOR, SPLICE AND FILLET IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW FILLER, PLATING SEGMENT AND SPLICE IAW SRM 57-2-5 FIG 1 PG 3/4, 5/6, SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.

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