Service difficulty report · Rib · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
June 23, 2010
Submitted
December 9, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596AA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53286
Aircraft time
58,428 hours, 24,419 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

RIGHT NUMBER 5 SLAT RIB NUMBER 15 CRACKED. REPLACED DAMAGED OUTBOARD RIB NUMEBR 15 WITH NEW ONE ON SLAT 5 PER IAW ESO 80117.

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