Service difficulty report · Doubler · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
August 9, 2006
Submitted
September 6, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N809DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46047
Aircraft time
93,215 hours, 30,401 cycles
Part
Doubler
Condition
Broken
Location
Fuselage
Part time
93,215 hours, 30,401 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

FUS INTERNAL DOUBLER BROKEN AND WITH PATCHES, NEAR ACCESS DOOR (STA -156.000 TO -165.000) MAJOR REPAIR. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW FAA FORM 8110 DATED 08-07-06, DWG AB78-53-R01 REV IR DATED 07-11-06. REMOVED INTERNAL REINFORCEMENT REPAIR DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D. CUT OUT INTERNAL DOUBLER IAW DWG AB78-53-R01. FABRICATED EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER (AL7075T6 0.063") INTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER SEGMENT (AL7075T6 0.050") AND 4 INNER STRAPS (AL7075T6 0.063") IAW DWG AB78-53-R01. HEAT TREATED INTERNAL REPAIR 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

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