Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
January 16, 2006
Submitted
January 31, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N606AL
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46044
Aircraft time
94,114 hours, 30,547 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
Location
Lt Wing
Part time
94,114 hours, 30,547 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, LT WING UPPER SKIN SCRATCHED AND DENTED ON INBD FLAP BETWEEN XW 104.000 AND XW 122.000. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW DC8 SRM 57-7-1 PAGE 2. REMOVED DAMAGED PLATING IAW DC-8 SRM 57-1-0, DC-8 SRM 51-1-21. FABRICATED NEW PLATING (AL2024T3 0.040”) IAW DC8 SRM 57-7-1 FIG 1 ITEM “D”. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA + INNER FACE OF NEW PLATING IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-11. INSTALLED NEW PLATING IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-21.

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