Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
September 3, 2010
Submitted
October 1, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N804DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46124
Aircraft time
88,544 hours, 32,286 cycles
Engine
Ge CFM562C
Part
Skin
Condition
Misrepaired
Location
Rudder
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

R & R EXISTING REPAIR ON RT RUDDER PLATING AT ZR 61.156 (REF REPAIR REPORT VS002) UTILIZING APPROVED DATA. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 55-6-1 FIG 1. REMOVED PLATING AND EXISTING NON STANDARD REPAIR IAW SRM 55-1-0 PG 1, SRM 51-1-21. FABRICATED NEW PLATING (AL2024T3 0.040") IAW SRM 55-6-1 FIG 1 ITEM "C". CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA + NEW PLATING IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW PLATING IAW SRM 51-1-11 (PRC) SRM 51-1-21. REFER TO NR 265718 FOR BALANCING.

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