Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
March 27, 2008
Submitted
April 30, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N602AL
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
45991
Aircraft time
99,983 hours, 32,243 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Lt Wing Te Flap
Part time
99,983 hours, 32,243 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 INBOARD FLAP SKIN UPPER PLATING NICKED AT STATION XW 112.000. REMOVED FASTENERS AS NEEDED TO PERFORM REPAIR. REMOVED DAMAGE PLATING. FABRICATED NEW SKIN. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS. INSTALLED NEW FASTENERS AND REPAIR PARTS IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-11, DC8 SRM 57-1-0 PAGE 1, DC8 SRM 51-1-21, DC8 SRM 57-7-1 FIGURE 1 ITEM "D", AND DC8 SRM 51-1-8B.

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