Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
February 15, 2008
Submitted
March 14, 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
Cracked
Location
Zone 200
Part time
92,877 hours, 38,753 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 LEFT FUSELAGE TAIL SECTION PLATING CRACKED AT STATION FS 1766.000 TO STATION 1781.000 LONGERON10 LEFT. REMOVED FASTENERS AS NEEDED TO PERFORM REPAIR. REMOVED EXISTING REPAIR. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA. FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER, AND INTERNAL FINGER DOUBLER, AND FILLER. CLEANED, TREATED, PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS. INSTALLED NEW FASTENERS AND REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 51-1-11, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-1, SRM 53-2-1 FIGURE 7 SHEETS 1, 4, 5, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 53-2-1 FIGURE 7 SHEETS 1, 4, 5, 53-5-1 FIGURE 1 ITEM "A", AND SRM 51-1-8B.

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