Service difficulty report · Rib · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
December 11, 2009
Submitted
January 14, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N77421
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49333
Aircraft time
68,216 hours, 36,273 cycles
Part
Rib
Part number
5937563501
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 15 LEADING EDGE SLAT RIB SHOWS CRACK INDICATION AT INBOARD SIDE LEFT WING OUTBOARD SLAT. REPLACED CRACKED RIB AT OUTBOARD NUMBER 15 POSITION, LEFT NUMBER 5 SLAT PER ESO 80117.

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