Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC872

Difficulty date
January 5, 2006
Submitted
May 11, 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
Fuselage
Part time
71,621 hours, 17,096 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, FWD CARGO COMPT INTERNAL SKIN CORRODED BETWEEN STA 570.000 AND STA 580.000, L-29R - L-26R. REMOVED CORROSION FROM FWD CARGO COMPT INTERNAL SKIN (SAT 570.000, 580.000, L-29R TO L-29R TO L-26R) IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-8 PAGES 17-18 (MATERIAL THICKNESS: 0.063, BLENDOUT: 0.004, REMAINING THICKNESS: 0.059). FOUND WITHIN ALLOWABLE LIMITS IAW DC-8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 1F SHEET 3. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-8B.

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