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
Dented
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 INBOARD FLAP FWD LWR PLATING HAS TWO DENTS OF 6 AND 5 STA XW 43.000 - 50.000. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW FAA FORM 8110-3 DATED 04-18-05, EO AST 050403 DATED 04-12-05. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. CUT OUT DAMAGED SECTION IAW EO AST 050403. PERFORMED DETAIL VISUAL INSP, NO CORROSION OR CRACK FOUND. FABRICATED NEW SKIN SEGMENT (AL2024T3 0.032), BONDED DOUBLER (AL2024-T3 0.020) 2EA SPLICE STRAPS (AL2024T3 0.063) AND 2EA FILLERS (AL2024T3 0.020) IAW EO AST 050403 DATED 04-12-05. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 51-1-8B. BONDED DOUBLER ON NEW PLATING SEGMENT IAW SRM 51-1-9 PG 1, SRM 51-1-9A PG 1. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW EO AST 050403, SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.

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