Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
January 20, 2011
Submitted
March 7, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N873SJ
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46091
Aircraft time
91,953 hours, 25,776 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Rudder
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

RUDDER RT SKIN BROKEN STA ZR 217.188. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 55-6-1, FIG 1. REMOVED DAMAGED PANEL PLATING IAW SRM 55-1-0 PG 1, SRM 51-1-21. FABRICATED PLATING + BONDED FINGER DOUBLER BOTH FROM AL2024T3 0.016 " IAW SRM 55-6-1 FIG 1, ITEM "A". BONDED BOTH PARTS WITH HYSOL IAW SRM 51-1-9 TR 51-142 DATED 04-05-06, SRM 51-1-9A, TR 51-141, DATED 04-03-06. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA + NEW PANEL PLATING IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED PANEL PLATING IAW SRM 51-1-11(PRC) SRM 51-1-21. REFER TO NR 231756 FOR BALANCING.

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