Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC8*

Difficulty date
July 21, 2006
Submitted
September 11, 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
Dented
Location
Horizontal Stab
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 ROUTINE C-CHECK INSPECTION FOUND RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER IB LEADING EDGE DENTED BETWEEN STA XFS103.750 AND STA XFS128.750. REMOVED FASTENERS. REMOVED DAMAGE. FABRICATED REPAIR PARTS. LOCATED, DRILLED, TRIMMED, TREATED, PRIMED AND INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS. IAW SRM 55-2-1, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 55-3-1, SRM 51-1-8, AND 51-1-11.

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