Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
February 12, 2013
Submitted
February 14, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N943DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49816
Aircraft time
62,256 hours, 46,509 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 3 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

RT WING NR 3 SLAT HAS 2EA POSSIBLE CRACKS ON LOWER SKIN. VERIFIED 1EA CRACK ONLY AT RT WING NR 3 SLAT 21" FROM OTBD EDGE AND 5.0 FROM T/E CUT OUT DAMAGE ARA SIZE 2.0 X 1.7500 INSTALLED DOUBLER AND FILLER REPAIR IAW SRM 57-09D, FIG 10B. INSTALLED ID TAG FOR REPAIR IAW DELTA PS 900-5-1-NO. 04.

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