Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug C118A

Difficulty date
February 13, 2021
Submitted
February 15, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N747CE
Make and model
Doug C118A
Aircraft serial
44661
Part
Skin
Condition
Corroded
Location
Rt Wing
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

UPPER WING SKIN REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT, BETWEEN CENTER AND AFT SPARS, BETWEEN W/STA 167R AND 193R. TO REMOVE AND REPLACE A CORRODED SKIN BETWEEN W/STA 167R AND 193R. REMOVE CORRODED SKIN BETWEEN EXISTING SPLICES AT W/STA 167R AND 193R. USING EXISTING SKIN AS A TEMPLATE, MANUFACTURE REPLACEMENT SKIN FROM 7075-T6 0.063". INSTALL A NEW SKIN FOLLOWING THE GUIDANCE OF T.O. 1C-118A-3-1 FIG 2-59 FOR FASTENER TYPE.

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