Service difficulty report · Rib · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
November 30, 2009
Submitted
December 29, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N590AA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53253
Aircraft time
58,526 hours, 24,772 cycles
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
Le Slat
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

NUMBER 5 LEFT SLAT AT NUMBER 15 OUTBOARD RIB CRACK INDICATION. REMOVED AND REPLACED OUTBOARD ATTACH RIB PER ESO81117.

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