Service difficulty report · Rib · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
May 20, 2011
Submitted
May 20, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N580AA
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
53157
Aircraft time
57,708 hours, 29,670 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 WING NUMBER 5 SLAT OUTBOARD RIB CRACKED. REPLACED DAMAGED RIB NUMBER 15 OUTBOARD WITH NEW SLAT PER ESO 80117 CHAPTER 27-80-1.

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