Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
July 28, 2006
Submitted
September 7, 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 300
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 LT. ELEVATOR UPPER SKIN HAS A NON STANDARD REPAIR AT STATION XE312.500. REMOVED SKIN WITH EXISTING NON STANDARD REPAIR. FABRICATED NEW SKIN AND FINGER DOUBLER (AL 2024 T3 0.016”). BONDED BOTH PARTS WITH HYSOL. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND NEW SKIN INTERNAL SURFACE. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES. INSTALLED PANEL PLATING. PERFORMED LT ELEVATOR BALANCING IAW SRM 51-4-4 PAGES 1-4. FOUND WITH TOLERANCE (MOMENT : 1461.40 IN-LBS). IAW SRM 55-4-1 FIG. 1, SRM 55-1-0 PAGE 1, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 55-4-1 FIG. 1 SHEET 1, AND 2 ITEM (E) AND (F), SRM 51-1-4, SRM 51-1-8B, SRM 51-1-11, AND SRM 51-1-21.

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