Service difficulty report · Doubler · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
March 20, 2006
Submitted
April 7, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N801DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46033
Aircraft time
83,564 hours, 31,809 cycles
Part
Doubler
Condition
Cracked
Location
Ws 523r
Part time
83,564 hours, 31,809 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

NR 4 RT STUB WING INTERNAL DOUBLER CRACK STA XFS 523.000 (MAJOR REPAIR) AND NON STANDARD REPAIR (EXTERNAL DOUBLER) ALSO CORRODED. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 57-2-1A FIG 1. REMOVED EXISTING EXTERNAL DOUBLER AND CRACKED INTERNAL DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D. FABRICATED EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER (AL7075T6 0.080") AND INTERNAL DOUBLER (AL7075"0" 0.063") IAW SRM 57-2-1A FIG 1. HEAT TREATED INTERNAL DOUBLER FROM 7075"0" TO 7075T6 IAW SRM 51-1-1 PG 1,13,17. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 57-2-1A FIG 1, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-1.

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