Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873

Difficulty date
May 25, 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
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 580 S4-5r
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

UPPER FUSELAGE EXT SKIN CRACKED 0.500" APPROX, STA 580.000 L-4R TO L-5R (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 53-2-1 FIG 7 SHEET 1, 3. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21. CUT OUT DAMAGED AREA AND FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER (AL7075T6 0.100") (2EA) INTERNAL FINGER DOUBLERS (AL7075T6 0.050") AND FILLER (AL7075T6 0.090") IAW SRM 53-2-1 FIG 7 SHEET 1-3, SRM 53-4-1 FIG 13 ITEM A, SRM 51-9-0 FIG 68A. 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 IAW SRM 53-2-1 FIG 7 SHEET 1, 3, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-1 (TORQUE) THIS IS A CLASS 1 TYPE INSPECTION AND NEEDS AN EXTERNAL VISUAL INSPECTION EACH 4.000 FC

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