Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
April 8, 2011
Submitted
May 16, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N805DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46125
Aircraft time
87,589 hours, 32,560 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Corroded
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 LT SIDE.- SKIN CORRODED (STA ZR 150.000 - 178.000). CA-PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 55-6-1, FIG 1. REMOVED LEVEL II CORROSION IAW SRM 51-1-8, PG 17-18. FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 55-2-0, FIG 6. REMOVED CORRODED PANEL PLATING IAW SRM 55-1-0 PG 1, SRM 51-1-21. FABRICATED PLATING AND BONDED FINGER DOUBLER BOTH (2024T3 0.016") IAW SRM 55-6-1 FIG. 1 ITEM "A". BONDED BOTH PARTS WITH IAW SRM 51-1-9, TR 51-142, SRM 51-1-9A, TR 51-141. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA + PANEL PLATING IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW PANEL PLATING IAW SRM 51-1-11 (PRC) SRM 51-1-21. PERFORMED BALANCE IAW SRM 51-4-6 PG 1-6. FOUND WITHIN LIMITS M: 2466-3, DIGITAL SCALE SORES MODE: FM150, SN: J7910

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