Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC862F

Difficulty date
November 17, 2006
Submitted
December 21, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N799AL
Make and model
Doug DC862F
Aircraft serial
45922
Aircraft time
79,389 hours, 24,481 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Horiz Stab
Part time
79,389 hours, 24,481 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 HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LEADING EDGE CRACKED AT STATION XFS47.500. REMOVED FASTENERS AS NEEDED TO PERFORM REPAIR. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA. FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER AND FILLER. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS, IAW DC8 SRM 55-3-1 FIG 1 SHEET 2 ITEM "A", DC8 SRM 51-1-8B, DC8 SRM 51-1-11, DC8 SRM 55-2-1 FIG 4 PG 17, AND DC8 SRM 51-1-21.

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