Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
September 2, 2010
Submitted
October 20, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N804DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46124
Aircraft time
88,544 hours, 32,286 cycles
Engine
Ge CFM56*
System (JASC)
5751 · Ailerons
Part
Skin
Condition
Deformed
Location
Lt Aileron
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

LEFT OTBD AILERON LOWER PLATING DEFORMED STA XA 741.000. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 57-8-1 FIG 4. REMOVED DEFORMED NOSE PLATING IAW SRM 57-1-0 PG 1, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-3-0. FABRICATED NEW NOSE PLATING IAW SRM 57-8-1 FIG. 4 ITEM "H". CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA & NEW NOSE PLATING INTERIOR IAW SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-3-0, SRM 51-3-1. PERFORMED LT OTBD AIL BALANCING IAW SRM 51-4-3 PG 1-3. FOUND WITHIN LIMITS.

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