Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
October 11, 2004
Submitted
April 13, 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
Corroded
Location
Fuselage
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, FOUND RT FUSELAGE NOSE SECTION STRUCTURE FLIGHT COMPARTMENT HAS DAMAGE FROM CORROSION AT STA -67.000. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. REMOVED CORROSION AND FOUND OUT OF LIMITS. REMOVED THE CORRODED FRAME SEGMENT AND FABRICATED A NEW FRAME SEGMENT. HEAT TREATED NEW FRAME, CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND NEW FRAME SEGMENT. INSTALLED NEW FRAME SEGMENT PER DOUGLAS STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL, DPS 3.69-4 REV "AM", DPS 7.00-1 REV. "BJ"

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