Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873

Difficulty date
June 10, 2007
Submitted
June 20, 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
Worn
Location
Nose Cowl
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

NR 3 ENG NOSE COWL EXTERNAL SKIN WORN (STA YN 147.534, AT 12 O'CLOCK POS) MAJOR REPAIR. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 71-5-2 FIG 2. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21A. CUT OUT DAMAGED SECTION AND FABRICATED NEW SKIN SEGMENT (AL2024T3 0.080") AND STEEL SPLICE (17-7 PH 0.050") IAW SRM 71-5-2 FIG 2 SHEET 1, 2 ,3. HEAT TREATED SPLICE FROM 17-7 PH CRESS TO 17.7 PH CRESS (H1050) IAW SRM 51-1-6. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND SKIN IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 71-5-2 FIG 2 SHEET 1, 2, 3, SRM 51-1-21A.

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