Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 7, 2013
Submitted
April 12, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N971DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53214
Aircraft time
65,179 hours, 47,921 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 2 Slat
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

CRACK OTBD OF NR 2 SLAT CENTER CUTOUT. NDT END OF CRACK. CRACK APPROXIMATELY 4.25" IN LENGTH. VERIFIED CRACK LENGTH AT 4.0" AND STOP DRILLED IAW ER/A 380953-14MA, REV ORIGINAL STEPS 1 AND 2. C/W ER/A 380953-14MA, REV ORIG STEP 3 CRACK IS CONTAINED. FABRICATED REPAIR PARTS AND INSTALLED TIME LIMITED REPAIR IAW ER/A 380953-14MA, REV ORIGINAL PERMANENT REPAIR DUE AT NEXT HMV. REDEFERRED LOG TO QC, ESTABILISH MONITOR INSPECTION, 00-0557-8-7985, SN 971 L/L SEC I. ASSOCIATED ER/A 00-532432 ADDED FOR AC 0971. TIME LIMITED REPAIR DOUBLER AND REPAIR STRAP WERE REMOVED IAW ER/A 380953-14MA, REV "A". INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON PREVIUS STOP DRILL HOLE NO CRACKS FOUND. INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON EXISTENT DRILL HOLES NO CRACKS WERE FOUND IAW NDT SPM 06-10-01-003 & ER/A 380953-14MA. AREA WAS IDENTIFIED WITH LOG 5281196 IAW PS 900-5-1, NR 4. THIS MONITOR WAS ATTENDED WITH ERA 532432-4 REV, CLOSED LOG AND REMOVED MONITOR INSP 00-0557-8-7985, SN 00971 L/L.

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