Service difficulty report · Tee Fitting · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 17, 2012
Submitted
December 20, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N949DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49880
Aircraft time
60,453 hours, 45,383 cycles
Part
Tee Fitting
Condition
Damaged
Location
Bs 1338
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

TEE FITTING CRACKED AND BUCKLED AT BS 1338 AT JACK PAD AREA. CRACKED ON BELLY FWD OF APU COMPARTMENT. REMOVED ALL DAMAGED PARTS, ACCOMPLISHED OPPORTUNITY INSPECTION OF SURROUNDING STRUCTURE. NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE FOUND. APPLIED SEALANT AND CORBAN TO THE REPAIR AREA. SEALED AREA IAW DWG 5910252 AND APPLIED CORBAN. C/W PRI ER/A 509741-14, REV 2. REIDENTIFIED REPAIR AS PERMANENT IAW STEP 16 OF FINAL ER/A 509741-14, REV ORIGINAL.

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