Service difficulty report · Rib · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
March 15, 2015
Submitted
March 16, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N966DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53115
Aircraft time
63,004 hours, 46,886 cycles
Part
Rib
Condition
Corroded
Location
Nr 4 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

CORROSION ON BORE INNER AND OUTER SURFACE OF RIBS FROM STA XOS= 380 AND 429 AT LT SLAT PANEL NR 4. CORROSION WAS REMOVED IAW SRM 51-10-3 PAR 26 WAS ACCOMPLISHED ORIGINAL THICKNESS ON RIB AT STA XOS=380 IS .270" AND MINIMUM REMAINING THICKNESS IS 0.259" WAS ACCOMPLISHED ORIGINAL THICKNESS ON RIB AT STA XOS= 429 IS 0.420" AND MINIMUM REMAINING THICKNESS IS 0.413" THEREFORE IT'S WITHIN OF LIMITS IAW SRM 57-01 FIG 1 REWORKED AREAS WRER TREATED AND PAINTED IAW SRM 51-10-3 PAR 14/21. DAMAGE ON STA XOS= 429 WAS REWORKED AND MEASURED, WITH I.D. HOLE 0.9365 (4 HOLES) THEREFORE WITH LIMITS OF MAXIMUM REWORK HOLE DIAMETER IAW SRM 57-02 PAR 9 C (1). BUSHINGS WERE FABRICATED (4 EAS) IAW SRM 57-02 PAR 9 C (2). DAMAGE ON RIB STA XOS= 380 WILL BE PERFORMED WITH CARD NO 16 A/C ZONE 11. AND BUSHINGS WERE INSTALLED IAW SRM 51-30-10 PAR 7.

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