Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
February 25, 2012
Submitted
March 1, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N925DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49712
Aircraft time
61,787 hours, 47,400 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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

DURING HMV THREE CRACKS WERE FOUND ON FUSELAGE SKIN AT THE UPPER FWD DOOR JAMB CORNER AND BTW LONGERON 20 AND 21RT OF THE FWD CARGO COMPARTMENT:0.125"LENGTH;0.437" LENGTH AND 0.468 LENGTH. FUSELAGE SKIN WAS REPAIRED IAW ERA 500104-14AD ORIG.

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