Service difficulty report · Plate · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
January 15, 2015
Submitted
January 22, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N979DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53266
Aircraft time
62,914 hours, 46,015 cycles
Part
Plate
Condition
Corroded
Location
Vertical Stab
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

CORROSION ON BORE OF PLATES, ZRS=173 AND XH=5 LT SIDE LOCATED ON VERTICAL STAB REAR. BORE OF PLATES WAS REMOVED. HOLD WAS REWORKED WITH MEASURED HOLE LT OTBD: O 1.435 AND HOLE. LT INBD: O 1.435, THEREFORE WITHIN LIMIT. REPAIR AND BUSHING WAS FABRICATED, AREA WAS PAINTED, BUSHINGS WERE INSTALLED AND BORE PLATES WAS INSTALLED IAW SRM 55-02D FIG. 28. RII COMPLETED.

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