Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
January 31, 2007
Submitted
March 6, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N820BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
46065
Aircraft time
89,079 hours, 36,944 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Corroded
Location
Zone 600
Part time
89,079 hours, 36,944 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 RIGHT WING UPPER LEADING EDGE CORRODED, BETWEEN STATIONS XFS341.500 AND XFS304.000. REMOVED FASTENERS AS NEEDED TO PERFORM REPAIR. REMOVED CORROSION. FOUND OUT OF LIMITS. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA. FABRICATED REPAIR PARTS. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-21, DC8 51-1-20D, DC8 SRM 51-1-8 PAGES 17-18, DC8 SRM 57-2-1 FIGURE 2G, DC8 SRM 57-2-1, FIGURE 44 DC8 SRM 57-3-1 PAGE 8 FIGURE 4 ITEM "A", DC8 SRM 51-1-8B, DC8 SRM 51-1-11, DC8 SRM 51-3-0 AND DC8 SRM 51-3-1.

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