Service difficulty report · Rib · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
March 3, 2010
Submitted
November 18, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7537A
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49991
Aircraft time
56,766 hours, 29,100 cycles
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Wing
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

LEFT WING SLAT TRACK ATTACH RIB ON NUMBER 5 SLAT IS CRACKED AT NUMBER 14 SLAT TRACK. REPLACED 2ND FROM OUTBOARD ATTACH FITTING PER ESO 80117.

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