Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
January 23, 2010
Submitted
March 12, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N603AL
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46003
Aircraft time
101,087 hours, 33,054 cycles
Engine
Ge CFM562C
Part
Skin
Condition
Corroded
Location
Rudder
Part time
101,087 hours, 33,054 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

DURING ROUTINE C-CHECK INSP FOUND RUDDER LT EXTERNAL SKIN CORRODED AT STA ZR 155.000. REMOVED FASTENERS AS NEEDED TO PERFORM REPAIR. REMOVED CORROSION. FOUND OUT OF LIMITS. REMOVED CORRODED SKIN. FABRICATED NEW SKIN AND BONDED DOUBLERS. BONDED PARTS AS NEEDED WITH HYSOL. CLEANED, TREATED, PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS. PERFORMED RUDDER BALANCE. FOUND WITHIN LIMITS MOMENT 2455.82 IN-POUNDS. INSTALLED NEW FASTENERS AND REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 55-6-1 FIGURE 1 PAGE 2, SRM 51-1-8 PAGE17-18, SRM 55-2-0 FIGURE 6, SRM 51-1-21 PAGE 1, SRM 55-6-1 FIGURE 1 ITEM "A", SRM 51-1-9 TR NR 51-142, SRM 51-1-9A TR NR 51-141, SRM 51-1-8B, SRM 51-1-21 PAGE 1-6, AND SRM 51-4-6 PAGES 1-4.

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