Service difficulty report · Rib · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
August 28, 2012
Submitted
August 29, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N931TW
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49527
Aircraft time
68,905 hours, 34,512 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 SLAT, RIB HAS CRACK INDICATION 2ND RIB FROM OUTBOARD END, NUMBER 14 TRACK. REPLACED NUMBER 14 RIB PER ESO 80117.

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