Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 17, 2006
Submitted
May 29, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N873SJ
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46091
Aircraft time
87,294 hours, 23,582 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Lt Wing
Part time
87,294 hours, 23,582 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 OTBD STUB WING LWR SURFACE HAS INTERIM REPAIR ON IT. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 57-2-1A FIG 1. REMOVED EXISTING REPAIR DOUBLERS IAW SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-1-21. FABRICATED EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER (AL7075T6 0.080") AND INTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER (AL7075"0" 0.063") IAW SRM 57-2-1A FIG 1, SRM 51-1-4 PG 1 (FORMING). HEAT TREATED INTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER FROM 7075"0" TO 7075T6 IAW SRM 51-1-1 PG 1, 13, 17. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA, INTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER AND INNER FACE OF EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACE IAW SRM 51-1-11. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 57-2-1A FIG 1, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-1.

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