Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
April 2, 2007
Submitted
May 7, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N806DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46002
Aircraft time
89,284 hours, 27,567 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rudder
Part time
89,284 hours, 27,567 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 RUDDER EXT SKIN DENTED AT STA ZR 188.781 AND CRACKED 1" AT STA ZR 198.844 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 55-6-1 FIG 1. REMOVED DAMAGED PANEL PLATING IAW SRM 55-1-0 PG 1, SRM 51-1-21. FABRICATED NEW PANEL PLATING (PLATING AND BONDED DOUBLER, BOTH FROM AL 2024T3 0.016") IAW SRM 55-6-1 FIG 1 PG 2 ITEM 1. BONDED BOTH PARTS WITH HYSOL IAW SRM 51-1-9. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND NEW PANEL PLATING IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACE IAW SRM 51-1-11. INSTALLED NEW PANEL PLATING IAW SRM 51-1-21. REFER TO NR 075840 FOR BALANCING.

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