Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC862F

Difficulty date
October 24, 2008
Submitted
December 22, 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
Cracked
Location
Rt Wing
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 RIGHT WING UPPER SKIN CRACKED AT STATION XRS 74.869 STRINGER 9. REMOVED FASTENERS AS NEEDED TO PERFORM REPAIR. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA. FABRICATED NEW SKIN, AND FILLER PLUG. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION. NO CRACK AND NO CORROSION. TAPERED EXTERNAL DOUBLER FROM 0.160 INCH TO 0.080 INCH. CLEANED, TREATED, PRIMED AREA AND EXTERNAL DOUBLER. INSTALLED NEW FASTENERS AND REPAIR PARTS IAW DC8 SRM 57-2-1 FIGURE 17, DC8 SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 57-3-2 FIGURE 13, DC8 NDT SPM PART 08, DC8 SRM 51-10-0 FIGURE 1 SHEET 20, DC8 SRM 51-1-8B, IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-12, AND SRM 51-3-1.

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