Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
November 10, 2007
Submitted
December 10, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N604BX
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46046
Aircraft time
87,931 hours, 29,662 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Misrepaired
Location
Lt Wing Te Flap
Part time
87,931 hours, 29,662 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING ROUTINE C CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND LEFT HAND INBOARD FLAP UPPER PLATING HAS A IMPROPER REPAIR AT STATION XW 71.000 AND STATION XW 91.000.REMOVED FASTNER AS NEEDED TO PERFORM REPAIR.REMOVED EXISTING REPAIR.FABRICATED NEW SKIN AND INTERNAL DOUBLRE. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS. INSTALLED NEW FASTNERS AND REPAIR PARTS AT STATION XW 2.000 TO STATION XW 91.000 IAW 51-3-1, DC8 SRM 57-7-1 FIGURE 1 PAGE 2, ITEM "D", DC8 SRM 57-1-0 PAGE 1, SRM 51-1-21, 51-3-0, AND DC8 SRM 51-1-8B.

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