Service difficulty report · Rib · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
February 11, 2013
Submitted
February 12, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N499AA
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49737
Aircraft time
67,076 hours, 34,991 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 4 SLAT OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE RIB CRACKED. REMOVED AND REPLACED OUTBOARD RIB (ATTACH FITTING) PER ESO 80117.

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