Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
October 15, 2011
Submitted
November 2, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N920DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49644
Aircraft time
62,051 hours, 47,414 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 197
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

DURING HMV, TWO CRACKS WERE FOUND ON FUSELAGE SKIN AT STA 197 BETWEEN LONGERON 16-17 OF .125 INCH LENGTH AND ANOTHER BETWEEN LONGERON 12 AND 13 OF .093 INCH AT DOOR STOP. ADJUST HOLES OF THE FWD PASSENGER DOOR JAMB LT SIDE REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-05D FIG 114.

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