Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
March 16, 2014
Submitted
March 18, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N938DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49811
Aircraft time
64,486 hours, 48,001 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1380
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

ACFT SKIN HAS A .3750" CRACK AT FASTENER HOLE, BS 1380, 1 INCH ABOVE LONGERON 13 LT. CONFIRMED WITH HFEC, SUMMARY OF EMPOWER NRC 68; REPAIRED IAW PRI ER/A 524139-14, REV 0-REV 1 BY DAMAGE CUTOUT AND DOUBLER INSTALLATION. DOUBLER WAS MADE LARGER FOR AREA TO INCORPORATE PREVIOUS EXISTING REPAIR. REPAIR IS IDENTIFIED AS TIME LIMITED IAW PRI STEP 10 OF PRI ER/A 524139-14, REV 0 AND REV 1. FINAL ER/A PENDING.

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