Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 3, 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
T/E Flap
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

RT OUTBOARD FLAP INTERIM REPAIR ON FWD UPPER PLATING, STA XF 227.000. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR. REMOVED ALL FASTENERS WITHIN REPAIR AREA IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. TRIMMED OUT DAMAGED SECTION IAW EO AST-050405. PERFORMED DETAIL VISUAL INSP OF AREA, FABRICATED NEW PLATING SEGMENT (AL2024T3 0.071) SPLICE STRAP (AL2024T3 0.080) AND INNER DOUBLER (AL2024T3 0.080) IAW EO AST 050405. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA, INNER DOUBLER, SPLICE STRAP AND NEW PLATING SEGMENT INNER SURFACE IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW EO AST-050405, SRM 51-1-20D PG 9, SRM 51-1-21 PG 1, SRM 51-3-0 PG 1. TORQUED NUTS IAW SRM 51-3-1.

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