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
Misrepaired
Location
Lt Wing Slat
Part time
96,561 hours, 25,131 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING C-CHECK, FOUND LT WING SLOT VANE SKIN WITH NON STANDARD REPAIR AT STATION XILD 42. REMOVED NON STANDARD REPAIR. TRIMMED OUT DAMAGED AREA. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION, NO CRACKS OR CORROSION FOUND AFTER TRIM OUT. FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER (AL 7075 T6 0.071), INTERNAL DOUBLER (AL 7075 T6 0.063), AND FILLER (AL 7075 T6 0.063”). CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA, FILLER, AND REPAIR DOUBLER INTERNAL PART. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW DRAWING ED 4293, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-3-0, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-1. DATED 07-25-06, DWG NR ED 4293 DATE 07-22-06, EO NR 2006602 DATE 07-25-06.

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