Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
May 28, 2014
Submitted
June 13, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N965DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49984
Aircraft time
63,352 hours, 46,912 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D
Part
Skin
Condition
Corroded
Location
Nr 1 Nose Cowl
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

NR 1 ENGINE NOSE COWL AT FORWARD LIP SKIN EXTERIOR AT APPROXIMATELY 9 O'CLOCK HAS BLISTER AT FASTENER, POSSIBLE CORROSION. REMOVED CORROSION AT NR 1 ENG NOSE COWL AT FWD LIP SKIN EXTERIOR APPROX 9.0 O`CLOCK IAW SRM 51-10-03 DIM 1" X 1" UT INSPECTION FOUND AREA WITH TICKNESS OF .090 MATERIAL LOSS .040 MATERIAL REMAINING .050 IAW NDTSPM P4 04-00-07 ASSET 9710 MATERIAL LOSS 40 PERCENT OUT OF LIMIT IAW SRM 54-01, FIG 1 CUT OUT DAMAGE AREA DIM 1" X 1" IAW SRM 54-04A, FABRICATED FILLER FROM 2024"0" .063 PO 908DA-00203 DIM 1" X 1" AND DOUBLER FROM 2024"0" .080 PO ST00001514 SIM 5.2500" X 3.2500" IAW SRM 54-04A, FIG 5, HEAT TREAT PARTS FROM "0" TO T4 CONDITION IAW FAS ENGINNERING REPORT NR 2-37153-801A, REV A INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 54-04A, FIG 5, INSTALLED ID TAG IAW DELTA PS 900-5-1, VO 04.

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