Service difficulty report · Flange · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
March 28, 2004
Submitted
May 19, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N603AL
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46003
Aircraft time
91,910 hours, 30,097 cycles
Part
Flange
Condition
Corroded
Location
Fuselage
Part time
91,910 hours, 30,097 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

C-CHECK INSP MAIN CARGO COMP WEB, BEAM LOWER FLANGE CORRODED STA 960 RBL 58 - 64. REMOVED FASTENERS, CORROSION FOUND OUT OF LIMITS. REMOVED DAMAGED CORROSION AREA & SECTION OF FLANGE. FABBED FILLER & DOUBLER. PERFORMED NDT INSP, FABBED EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBER, 2 INTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER, FILLER, 03 SHIMS, OTHER SHIM FROM AN INTERNAL DOUBLER & 2 Z-REINFORCEMENTS. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED REPAIR PARTS EXCEPT 2 Z-REINFORCEMENT STEEL, APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES, INSTALLED FILLER, DOUBLER FOR FLANGE AREA. INSTALLED EXTERNAL, INTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLERS, FILLER, SHIMS & 2 Z-REINFORCEMENTS. REPAIRED RT FUSELAGE FITTING P/N 3647117 AT PANEL PRIOR ACCOMPLISHING WEB & FLOORBEAM REPAIR.

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