Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
March 30, 2009
Submitted
May 19, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N605AL
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46106
Aircraft time
99,555 hours, 26,286 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 600
Part time
99,555 hours, 26,286 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 74.000 STRINGER 12. REMOVED FASTENERS AS NEEDED TO PERFORM REPAIR. REMOVED EXISTING REPAIR DOUBLERS. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION. NO CRACK AND NO CORROSION FOUND. FABRICATED NEW SKIN, INTERNAL, EXTERNAL DOUBLER. CLEANED, TREATED, PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS. INSTALLED NEW FASTENERS AND REPAIR PARTS IAW FAA FORM 8110-3 DATED 05/12/09, DRAWING ED-4928 DATED 04/09/09, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-0, NDT SPM PART 06-10-01-001, SRM 51-10-0, SRM 51-1-12 PAGE 7, DC8 SRM 51-1-8B, SRM 51-1-12 PRC, AND SRM 51-3-1.

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