Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
July 28, 2006
Submitted
August 21, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N605AL
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46106
Aircraft time
96,561 hours, 25,131 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Misrepaired
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

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What was found

DURING ROUTINE C-CHECK INSPECTION FOUND LEFT HAND WING CENTER LEADING EDGE UPPER SKIN WITH NON STANDARD REPAIR FROM STATION XFS 360.250 TO STATION XFS 410.250. REMOVED EXISTING REPAIR IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-20D. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA. FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER (AL 7075 T6 0.063) IAW DC-8 SRM 57-2-1 FIG 44 (SHEET 1-8), DC-8 SRM 57-3-3 FIG 5 (SHEET 1) ITEM A. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED REPAIR AREA, AND REPAIR DOUBLER INTERNAL SURFACE IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-11. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER IAW DC-8 SRM 57-2-1 FIG 44 TR 57-102 (SHEET 1, 5, 6, 8) DC-8 SRM 51-1-21, DC-8 SRM 51-1-20D, DC-8 SRM 51-3-1.

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