Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
September 18, 2006
Submitted
November 16, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N805DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46125
Aircraft time
82,854 hours, 30,419 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Elevator
Part time
82,854 hours, 30,419 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

LT ELEVATOR L/E LWR SKIN CRACKED AT STA XE 117.000. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW FAA FORM 8110-3 DATED 09-06-06, EO3 AST060902 DATED 09-06-06. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-3-0. CUT OUT DAMAGED SECTION IAW EO NR AST060902. PERFORMED NDT INSP IAW DC8 NDT SPM PART 06-10-01-001. NO CRACK OR CORROSION FOUND AFTER CUT OUT. FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER AND FILLER (AL2024T3 0.125") IAW EO NR AST060902. TAPERED REPAIR DOUBLER IAW EO NR AST060902. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA, FILLER, INNER FACE OF REPAIR DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW EO NR AST060902, SRM 51-3-0, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-3-1 (TORQUE). PERFORMED BALANCING IAW SRM 5

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