Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
April 20, 2005
Submitted
May 17, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N807DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
45990
Aircraft time
86,990 hours, 26,973 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Rudder
Part time
86,990 hours, 26,973 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 RUDDER EXTERNAL SKIN INTERIM REPAIR (STA ZR 253.000 - 265.218). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 55-1-0 PG 1, SRM 55-6-1 PG 2. REMOVED PLATING SEGMENT WITH INTERIM REPAIR ON IT IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. FABRICATED NEW PLATING SEGMENT AND FINGER DOUBLER (AL2024T3 0.016) IAW SRM 55-6-1 PG 2. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 51-1-8B. BONDED FINGER DOUBLER ON NEW PLATING SEGMENT WITH HYSOL IAW SRM 51-1-9 PG 1, SRM 51-1-9A PG 1. INSTALLED NEW PLATING SEGMENT IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1, SRM 51-3-0 PG 1. TORQUED IAW SRM 51-3-1. PERFORMED RUDDER BALANCING IAW SRM 51-4-6 PG 1-4. FOUND WITHIN ALLOWABLE LIMITS.

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