Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC8*

Difficulty date
July 21, 2006
Submitted
August 21, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N605AL
Make and model
Doug DC8*
Aircraft serial
46106
Aircraft time
96,561 hours, 25,131 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Corroded
Location
Zone 500
Part time
96,561 hours, 25,131 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, FOUND LEFT WING LEADING EDGE UPPER SKIN CORRODED, AT STATION XF 566.250. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-21. REMOVED CORROSION IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-8 PAGES 17-18. FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW DC-8 SRM 57-2-1 FIG 2G. TRIMMED OUT DAMAGED AREA AND FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER (AL 7075 T6 0.063”) AND FILLER (AL 7075 T6 0.050”) IAW DC-8 SRM 57-2-1 FIG 38, DC-8 SRM 57-3-3 FIG 6 SHEET 1 ITEM A. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA, FILLER, AND REPAIR DOUBLER. PRIMED INTERNAL SURFACES IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-11. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW DC-8 SRM 57-2-1 FIG 38 DC-8 SRM 51-1-21, DC-8 SRM 51-1-20D, DC-8 SRM 51-3-1.

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