Service difficulty report · Rib · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
January 20, 2010
Submitted
March 10, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N424AA
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49336
Aircraft time
67,879 hours, 36,346 cycles
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Wing
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.

What was found

CRACK FOUND ON RIGHT WING NUMBER FIVE SLAT OUTBOARD SLAT RIB BY HIGH FREQUENCY EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION. REPLACED CRACKED OUTBOARD MOST ATTACH RIB NUMBER 5 RIGHT HAND SLAT PER ESO 80117.

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