Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
December 1, 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

LT WING INBOARD L/E CRACKED 3.000 IN LWR SKIN SURFACE (STA XFS 622.500 - 628.725) MAJOR REPAIR. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW DWG W90-R14, REV: IR DATED 11-22-04, FAA FORM 8110-3 DATE 11-29-2004. REMOVED EXISTING REPAIR DOUBLER IAW DWG W90-R14, SRM 51-1-20D PG 21, SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. CUT OUT DAMAGED SECTION IAW DWG W90-R14. PERFORMED NDT INSP IAW NDT SPM PART 06-10-01-001. FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER (AL7075-T6 0.063) AND FILLER (AL7075-T6 0.050) IAW DWG W90-R14. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND INNER FACE OF DOUBLER AND FILLER IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED FILLER AND DOUBLER WITH NEW FASTENERS IAW DWG W90-R14, SRM 51-1-21 PG 1, SRM 51-1-20D PG 9.

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