Service difficulty report · Plate · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
October 11, 2004
Submitted
March 25, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N606AL
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46044
Aircraft time
91,246 hours, 29,801 cycles
Part
Plate
Condition
Corroded
Location
Horizontal Stab
Part time
91,246 hours, 29,801 cycles
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

DURING A ROUTINE C CHECK INSPECTION, RT HORIZONTAL STAILIZER OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE UPPER PLATING CORROSION DAMAGE BETWEEN STA XFS 172.000 AND XFS 335.000. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. REMOVED FASTENERS AND CORROSION. FOUND OUT OF LIMITS, REMOVED CORROSION, CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA. FABRICATED A REPLACEMENT, AN EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER AND TWO FILLERS. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED THE REPLACED SECTION OF SKIN DOUBLER INTERIOR SURFACE AND FILLERS. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES. INSTALLED THE REPAIR PART ON RT HORIZ STAB O/B L/E UPPER PLATING USING NEW FASTENERS PER DOUGLAS STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL, BOEING ROD SKETCH 04-9-23-004 AND BOEING MESSAGE 1-PPR41, 1-Q821M A1-PPR43H,

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