Service difficulty report · Structure · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
November 13, 2006
Submitted
November 23, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N807DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
45990
Aircraft time
89,216 hours, 27,811 cycles
Part
Structure
Condition
Damaged
Location
L/E Slot
Part time
89,216 hours, 27,811 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 INBD VANE SLOT HAS ELONGATED HOLES AT STA XILD 0.7095 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW FAA FORM 8110-3 DATED 11-10-06, DWG AC24-57-R02 REV IR DATED 10-30-06. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-3-0. CUT OUT DAMAGED SECTION IAW DWG AC24-57-R02. PERFORMED NDT INSP IAW DC8 NDT SPM PART 06-10-01-001 (NO CRACK OR CORROSION FOUND AFTER CUT OUT). FABRICATED EXT REPAIR DOUBLER (AL7075T6 0.071") INTERNAL DOUBLER (AL7075T6 0.050") AND FILLER (AL7075T6 0.063") IAW DWG AC24-57-R02. 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 DWG AC24-57-R02, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-1 (TORQUE).

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