Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 12, 2010
Submitted
June 18, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N806DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46002
Aircraft time
92,927 hours, 29,375 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Corroded
Location
Zone 300
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 RUDDER SKIN CORRODED STA ZR159.094-168.656. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 55-1-0 PG 1, SRM 55-6-1 FIG 1. REMOVED CORROSION IAW SRM 51-1-8, PG 17-18. FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 55-2-0 PG 12 FIG 6. REMOVED CORRODED PANEL PLATING IAW SRM 55-1-0 PG 1, SRM 51-1-21. FABRICATED PLATING AND BONDED DOUBLER BOTH FROM 2024T3 0.016" IAW SRM 55-6-1 FIG. 1 ITEM "A". BONDED BOTH PARTS WITH HYSOL IAW SRM 51-1-9 TR 51-142, SRM 51-1-9A, TR 51-141. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND NEW PANEL PLATING IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW PANEL PLATING IAW SRM 51-1-21. PERFORMED RUDDER BALANCING IAW SRM 51-4-6 PG 1-6. FOUND WITHIN TOLERANCE.

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