Service difficulty report · Pan · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
February 10, 2015
Submitted
February 11, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N977DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53258
Aircraft time
62,888 hours, 46,355 cycles
Part
Pan
Condition
Cracked
Location
Emergency Exit
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 PAN OF RT AFT EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR AT ZEE CHANNEL AFT EDGE. INER SKIN CLIP AND STOP FITTING WERE REMOVED IAW SRM 51-30-2. CRACK WAS STOP DRILLED IAW SRM 51-01, PARAF 21, ANOTHER .0625 LARGER TO REMOVE ANY FATIGUED DAMAGE MATERIAL. HFEC WAS ACCOMPLISHED IAW NDT SPM PARA F06-10-01-001. NO CRACKD WERE FOUND AFTER STOP DRILLED. DOUBLER WAS FABRICATED IAW SRM 52-05, FIG 51, SHEET 2 AND SRM 51-10-2. DOUBLER WAS PAINTED IAW SRM 51-10-3 PARA F14. DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED IAW SRM 52-05 D FIG 51.

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