Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
January 4, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N806DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46002
Part
Skin
Condition
Wrinkled
Location
Rudder
Stage of operation
IN
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

AT C-CHECK, RUDDER AT STA ZR 284.75 RT SIDE SKIN WRINKLED. CUT OUT DAMAGED SECTION OF SKIN FROM ZR 295 TO ZR 272. 2 AND FABRICATED REPAIR SPLICE FROM ZR 295 37 X 2.5 AND REPLACEMENT SKIN 25 X 37 PER SRM 51-1-8 AND EO MMC283N0597. RUDDER REBALANCED PER MM 51-4-6.

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