What was found
NUMBER 15 SLAT RIB SHOWS CRACK INDICATION WITH HIGH FREQUENCY EDDY CURRENT. REMOVED CRACKED NUMBER 15 ATTACHED RIB, LOCATED DRILLED AND INSTALLED NEW ATTACH RIB PER ESO 80117.
- Difficulty date
- July 16, 2009
- Submitted
- July 21, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N437AA
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 49455
- Aircraft time
- 69,145 hours, 31,940 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5754 · Leading Edge Devices
- Part
- Rib
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Le Slat
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- E
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.