Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
November 14, 2007
Submitted
December 6, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N801DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46033
Aircraft time
85,401 hours, 32,570 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Wing
Part time
85,401 hours, 32,570 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 WING MAIN TANK NR 1 LWR SIDE CRACKED 1" STA XRS 84.000 S-59. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW MSG NR 1-654248500-2 DATED 10-19-07, SRM 57-2-2 FIG 3D SHEET 1, 2, 3, TR NR 57-86 DATED 05-15-01. REMOVED EXISTING CLIPS AND CUT OUT DAMAGED STRINGER SEGMENT IAW MSG NR 1-654248500-2, SRM 57-2-2 FIG 3D SHEET 1, 2, 3, TR NR 57-86. FABRICATED NEW STRINGER SEGMENT IAW BOEING MSG 1-654248500-2, SRM 57-4-3 FIG. 7 ITEM "C" SRM 51-2-0 FIG 50 SHEET 55 SPLICE FITTINGS IAW SRM 57-2-2 FIG 3D SHEET 1, 2, 3, CLIPS IAW MSG NR 1-662905218-2 DATED 10-26-07, DOUGLAS DWG 3642239 AND SPACER5S IAW SRM 57-2-2 FIG 3F SHEET 4. HEAT TREATED SPACER IAW SRM 51-1-1 PG 1-13-17, NDT INSPECTED NEW CLIPS IAW NDT SPM PART 08-00-02 TO 07. NO CRACK/CORROSION FOUND. ENCLOSED SMN FORM 242-4. CLEANED AND APPLIED POLYURETHANE TOP YELLOW COATING TO AREA AND REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 51-1-12 PG 7. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 57-2-2 FIG 3D SHEET 1-2-3, SRM 57-2-2 FIG 3F, SRM 51-1-12, SRM 51-1-26, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-1 AT STRINGER 59 STA XRS 74-97 AND CLIPS AT STA XRS 107.

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