Service difficulty report · Vane · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 29, 2006
Submitted
June 23, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N873SJ
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46091
Aircraft time
87,294 hours, 23,582 cycles
Part
Vane
Condition
Damaged
Location
Le
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

RT INBD VANE SLOT L/E UPPER PART HOLES ELONGATED STA XILD 7095 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW FAA FORM 8110-3 DATED 05-19-06, DWG AST060505 DATED 05-11-06. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21. CUT OUT DAMAGED SECTION. PERFORMED NDT INSP, NO CRACK OF CORROSION FOUND. FABRICATED EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER (AL7075T6 0.071") INTERNAL DOUBLER (AL7075T6 0.050") AND FILLER (AL7075T6 0.063") IAW DWG AST060505. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA, FILLER, INTERNAL DOUBLER AND INNER FACE OF EXT REPAIR IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW DWG AST060505, SRM 51-1-21, SR, 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-0, SRM 51-3-1 (TORQUE).

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