Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
August 9, 2004
Submitted
April 12, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N606AL
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46044
Aircraft time
91,246 hours, 29,801 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Te Flaps
Part time
91,246 hours, 29,801 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING A ROUTINE C-CHECK INSPECTION, RT WING OUTBOARD FLAP UPPER FORWARD PLATING INTERIM REPAIR AROUND STA XF. 226.000. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. REMOVED ALL FASTENERS WITHIN REPAIR AREA. REMOVED THE DAMAGED AREA. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION, CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA. FABRICATED A NEW SKIN SEGMENT AND INTERNAL SPLICE. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED THE NEW SKIN SEGMENT INTERIOR SURFACE AND INTERNAL SPLICE. APPLIED REC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES. INSTALLED THE REPAIR PARTS ON RT O/B FLAP STA XF. 226.000 USING NEW FASTENERS PER DOUGLAS STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL, FAA FORM 8110-3 AND EO NR 2004414 AND DRAWING W43-R10.

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