Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
April 29, 2005
Submitted
June 23, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N828BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
45993
Aircraft time
83,496 hours, 34,569 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Corroded
Location
Fuselage
Part time
83,496 hours, 34,569 cycles
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

DURING ROUTINE C-CHECK INSPECTION, FUSELAGE L-35L CORRODED, STA 690.000 STA 781.000. REMOVED LEVEL I CORROSION IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-8 PAGES 17-18. PERFORMED BLEND OUT 0.003”. MATERIAL THICKNESS 0.160”, REMAINING MATERIAL 0.157 FOUND WITHIN ALLOWABLE LIMITS IAW DC-8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 11 SHEET 3 PAGE 2P. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-8B.

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