Service difficulty report · Hinge · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
January 25, 2005
Submitted
January 4, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N820BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
46065
Aircraft time
86,085 hours, 35,775 cycles
Part
Hinge
Condition
Gouged
Location
Zone 600
Part time
86,085 hours, 35,775 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

DURING ROUTINE C-CHECK FOUND RIGHT HAND INBOARD FLAP, INBOARD HINGE, OUTBOARD ARM GOUGED AND CHAFED. REMOVED DAMAGE, ORIGINAL THICKNESS WAS .250, REMOVED .081 MATERIAL, REMAINING THICKNESS .169, OUT OF LIMITS. FABRICATED REPAIR PARTS, LOCATED, DRILLED, PRIMED, AND INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW DC8 SRM 57-7-0, 51-1-8, 51-9-0, DC8 DRAWING SR0827008, AND DC8 SERVICE BULLETIN 27-279.

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