Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
April 17, 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
Damaged
Location
Rt Elevator
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

RT ELEVATOR LWR SKIN DEFLECTED (STA XE 222.875 - 228.031) DAMAGED (MAJOR REPAIR) DAMAGED BY SEMAN (SEE ACCIDENT REPORT). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 55-4-1 FIG 1 SHEET 1, 2 PG 2, 3. REMOVED DAMAGED PANEL PLATING IAW SRM 55-1-0 PG 1, SRM 51-1-21. FABRICATED NEW PANEL PLATING: SKIN AND FINGER DOUBLER BOTH FROM AL2024T3 0.016" IAW SRM 55-4-1 FIG 1 SHEET 1, 2 PG 2, 3 ITEM "E" "F". BONDED BOTH PARTS IAW SRM 51-1-9 TR NR 51-142 DATED 04-05-06, SRM 51-1-9A, TR NR 51-141 DATED 04-03-06. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND NEW PANEL PLATING IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11. INSTALLED NEW PANEL PLATING IAW SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-3-0 (TORQUE) BETWEEN STA XE 132.000 AND 246.000.

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