Service difficulty report · Skin · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
July 15, 2004
Submitted
July 15, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N906HA
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
9
Aircraft time
50,953 hours, 58,168 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Gouged
Location
Te Flaps
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

DURING 20,000 HOUR INSPECTION RIGHT OUTBOARD FLAP - UPPER INBOARD SURFACE CHAFED AND GOUGED. REPAIRED PER EO 8-57-04-0476 AS A MAJOR REPAIR. DUE TO PRIOR BLENDING REPAIRS AND INABILITY TO DETERMINE REMAINING THICKNESS OF SKIN, THIS EO TRIMS OUT DAMAGE AND INSTALLS AN EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER. ADDITIONALLY, THE YW 171 FLAP SHROUD FRAME IS TRIMMED OUT PER RD8-57-1549 REV A ADDRESSES DAMAGE TO STR 2 INCURRED DURING INCORPORATION OF ORIGINAL ISSUE OF THIS REPAIR. CUTOUTS ENLARGED TO ALLOW ACCESS FOR STR REWORK AND LARGER DOUBLER INSTALLED.