Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC872

Difficulty date
December 29, 2005
Submitted
January 27, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N722CX
Make and model
Doug DC872
Aircraft serial
46130
Aircraft time
71,621 hours, 17,096 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Corroded
Location
Bs 480
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

C-CHECK INSPECTION, EXTERNAL FUS LWR EXTERNAL SKIN CORRODED BETWEEN L33 AND L35R, STA 480.000 STATION 500. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR. REMOVED FASTENERS, REMOVED CORROSION. FOUND OUT OF LIMITS. REMOVED CORRODED SECTION. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION. FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER (ALCLAD 7075 T6 0.071) & REPAIR TRIPLER (ALCLAD 7075 T6 0.090) & FILLER SKIN (ALCLAD 7075 T6 0.063) & FILLER INTERNAL DOUBLER (ALCLAD 7075 T6 0.071). CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA & REPAIR PARTS IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-11. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW SEMAN DWG ED 4117, DC-8 SRM 51-1-20D, DC-8 SRM 51-3-1 (TORQUE).

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