Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC862F

Difficulty date
October 21, 2008
Submitted
December 9, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N71CX
Make and model
Doug DC862F
Aircraft serial
45961
Aircraft time
72,846 hours, 18,649 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Corroded
Location
Zone 100
Part time
72,846 hours, 18,649 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 FUSELAGE EXTERNAL SKIN CORRODED AT STATION 1530.000 LONGERON 35 RIGHT. REMOVED CORROSION. FOUND OUT OF LIMITS. REMOVED EXISTING REPAIR. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA. FABRICATED NEW SKIN SEGMENT, SPLICE, INTERNAL DOUBLERS, INTERNAL DOUBLERS, INTERNAL FINGER DOUBLERS, LONGERON STRAPS. CLEANED, TREATED, PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 53-2-1 FIGURE 8 SHEET 1, SRM 51-1-8B PAGES 17-18, SRM 53-2-0 PAGE 2P, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 53-2-1 FIGURE 8 SHEET 3 TR 53-173, SRM 53-5-2 FIGURE 1, SRM 51-1-8B. SRM 51-1-11, AND SRM 51-3-1.

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