Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
August 28, 2015
Submitted
September 1, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N874GA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49643
Aircraft time
70,820 hours, 39,336 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Lt Horiz Stab
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

ON WAKE UP, FOUND LT HORIZONTAL STAB DAMAGED, NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE. ACFT ON GND & BEING REPAIRED, WILL SUBMIT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WHEN AVAILABLE. WE HAVE AN AOG SITUATION WITH THE LT HORIZONTAL STAB SIDE LOAD STRUCTURE ASSEMBLY. THERE ARE NO REPAIRS IN SRM 55-03 FOR DAMAGES INBD OF XFS46.875. REQUESTING REPAIR PROCEDURE FOR THE SUBJECT ASSEMBLY. AOG IS GOING TO SEND A REPLACEMENT PANEL THAT DOES NOT FIT THE ACFT DUE TO FASTENER LOCATIONS, BUT IT MIGHT BE OF USE IN THE REPAIR PROCESS. WE HAVE STARTED REMOVING THE LOWER FASTENERS TO RELIEVE THE TENSION AT THE DAMAGED LOCATION & GAIN ACCESS FOR HIDDEN DAMAGE INSPECTION DVI. ADDITIONALLY, THE SKIN PANEL ON THE SIDE LOAD STRUCTURE ASSEMBLY ARE CHEM MILLED, SO MAKING A SOLID REPLACEMENT SKIN WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED.

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