Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
June 3, 2013
Submitted
June 5, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N950DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49881
Aircraft time
60,965 hours, 45,858 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1418
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

CRACK ON FUSELAGE SKIN AT STA Y=1418 BETWEEN LONGERON 2 AND 3LT WITH A LENGTH OF 0.593 INCH. CRACK REMOVED, REPAIR DOUBLERS & FILLERS WERE FABRICATED AND INSTALLED IAW ER/A 514799-14AD REV ORIGINAL. REPAIR WAS IDENTIFIED IAW PS 900-5-1, NR 4.

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