Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
February 8, 2008
Submitted
March 28, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N822BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
45813
Aircraft time
92,877 hours, 38,753 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
Location
T/E Flap
Part time
92,877 hours, 38,753 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 OUTBOARD FLAP LOWER SKIN FORWARD SHOWS DENTS BETWEEN STATION XF 160.000 - XF 213.000. PERFORMED DETAILED VISUAL INSPECTION. NO CRACK NO CORROSION FOUND. PERFORMED MEASUREMENT DIA 2.00 BY 0.008" DEPTH WITHIN PERMISSIBLE LIMITS. APPLIED PRO-SEAL. CLEANED, TREATED, PRIMED AND PAINTED AREA IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8B, DC8 57-1-0 PAGE 1, DC8 SRM 51-1-9 FIGURE 13B,

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