- Difficulty date
- December 25, 2007
- Submitted
- February 4, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N873SJ
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46091
- Aircraft time
- 89,073 hours, 24,366 cycles
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Deformed
- Location
- Lt Wing Te Flap
- Part time
- 89,073 hours, 24,366 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 WING OUTBD FLAP LWR SKIN DEFORMED AT STA XF 306.000 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 57-7-1 FIG 4 TR NR 57-94 DATED 10-01-02. REMOVED DAMAGED PLATING IAW SRM 57-1-0 PG 1, SRM 51-1-21. FABRICATED NEW PLATING (AL2024T3 0.050") IAW SRM 57-7-1 FIG 4, TR NR 57-94 ITEM "A". CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND NEW PLATING INNER FACE IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACE IAW SRM 51-1-11. INSTALLED NEW PLATING IAW SRM 51-1-21.