Service difficulty report · Doubler · Doug DC873

Difficulty date
May 23, 2007
Submitted
June 1, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803DH
Make and model
Doug DC873
Aircraft serial
46123
Aircraft time
83,934 hours, 31,028 cycles
Part
Doubler
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Wing Skin
Part time
83,934 hours, 31,028 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 WING CTR L/E LWR SKIN INTERNAL DOUBLER CRACKED 0.500" STA XFS 428.000. REMOVED CRACKED INTERNAL DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D. FABRICATED NEW INTERNAL DOUBLER (AL7075T6 0.090") IAW SRM 57-2-0 PG 1 AND CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND INTERNAL DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED INTERNAL DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-1 (TORQUE).

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