Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
October 3, 2004
Submitted
January 20, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N825BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
45978
Aircraft time
85,823 hours, 34,028 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Corroded
Location
Vertical Stab
Part time
85,823 hours, 34,028 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, FOUND VERTICAL STABILIZER LEFT SIDE PANEL INTERNAL SKIN CORRODED BETWEEN STATION ZR253 AND STATION ZR299.125. REMOVED EXISTING STRUCTURE FROM DAMAGED PANEL. FABRICATED NEW SKIN PANEL AND STIFFENERS. LOCATED, DRILLED, TRIMMED, TREATED, PRIMED, INSTALLED STRUCTURE, NEW STIFFENERS, AND FASTENERS WET WITH SEALANT. YAW COPES EGO. COO-8-55-382-04 DATED 10/12/2004.

More about the Doug DC-8-71F