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

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, INTERIM REPAIR ON FUSELAGE EXTERIOR SKIN FROM FS 685.000 - 779.000 L-35 LT TO L-34 RT AND CORROSION DAMAGE. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED REMOVAL OF ALL FASTENERS WITHIN THE REPAIR AREA. REMOVED CORROSION AND FOUND OUT OF LIMITS. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION, CLEANED, TREATED, AND PRIMED AREA. FABRICATED A NEW SEGMENT PANEL, A REPAIR DOUBLER, AND A REPAIR TRIPLER. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED THE NEW SEGMENT PANEL AND REPAIR DOUBLER AND TRIPLER. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES. INSTALLED THE REPAIR PARTS ON FUSELAGE EXTERIOR SKIN USING NEW FASTENERS IAW DOUGLAS SRM, ATI DWG W43-R21 AND FAA FORM 8110-3.

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