Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
August 4, 2006
Submitted
September 8, 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
Cracked
Location
Bs 1746
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 EXTERNAL FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED. AT STATION 1746.000, BETWEEN LONGERON 14 LT AND LONGERON 15 LT. REMOVED FASTENERS. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA. FABRICATED EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER (AL 7075 T6 0.071) AND INTERNAL FINGER DOUBLERS (AL 7075 T6 0.040”), AND FILLER (AL 7075 T6 0.063). CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 53-2-1 FIG. 7, SHEETS 1, AND 3, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-1, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 53-5-3 FIG. 1 ITEM (D), SRM 51-1-8B, AND SRM 51-1-11.

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