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
Worn
Location
Le Flap
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 OUTBOARD FLAP L/E UPPER PART SKIN WORN BETWEEN XF 200.000 AND XF 213.000 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW DWG W90-R03 REV: TR DATE 11/08/04 FAA FORM 8110-3 DATED 11-30-04. TRIMMED OUT PLATING SEGMENT (DAMAGED) IAW DWG W90-R03. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION IAW DC8 NDT SPM PART 06-10-01-001. FABRICATED NEW PLATING SEGMENT (AL2024-T3 0.040) INTERNAL SPLICE DOUBLER (AL2024-T3 0.050) IAW DWG W90-R03. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA, NEW PLATING INTERIOR, INTERNAL SPLICE DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED INTERNAL SPLICE DOUBLER AND PLATING SEGMENT (NEW) WITH NEW FASTENERS IAW DWG W90-R03, SRM 51-1-21 PG 1, SRM 51-3-0 PG 1.

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