Service difficulty report · Doubler · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
September 1, 2005
Submitted
October 7, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N806DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46002
Aircraft time
87,034 hours, 26,899 cycles
Engine
Ge CFM56*
Part
Doubler
Condition
Cracked
Location
Heat Exchanger
Part time
87,034 hours, 26,899 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

PRIMARY HEAT EXCHANGER AFT LWR CORNER ACS STRUCTURAL MODIFICATION DOUBLER CRACKED 0.75 IN STA -12.000 L-27L (MAJOR REPAIR). REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21. CUT OUT DAMAGE SECTION IAW DWG NR U80-R19. PERFORMED DETAIL VISUAL INSP OF REWORKED AREA. NO CRACK OR CORROSION FOUND. FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER (AL2024T3 0.050 IN) REPAIR TRIPLER (AL2024T3 0.063 IN) AND FILLER (AL2024T3 0.100 IN) IAW DWG NR U80-R19. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG. 9. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW DWG3U80-R19, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-1 (TORQUE)

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