Service difficulty report · Rib · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
October 20, 2010
Submitted
October 21, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N972TW
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53622
Aircraft time
32,484 hours, 15,286 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 RIGHT SLAT NUMBER 14 TRACK RIB CRACK INDICATION. REPLACED CRACKED NUMBER 14 TRACK RIB NUMBER 5 RIGHT SLAT PER ESO 80117.

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