Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 2, 2013
Submitted
April 12, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N957DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49976
Aircraft time
67,877 hours, 50,608 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1418
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 FOUND ON FUSELAGE SKIN AT FS 1418 BETWEEN L1 AND L2R COMMON TO PREVIOUS INSTALLED REPAIR IAW SRM 53-04, FIG 40 AT L2L AND L3L. DTA, PRIOR TO 18 MONTHS SERVICE FROM SECTION I, ACCOMPLISH DTA IAW 14 CFR 25.571 AND 14 CFR 26 SUBPART E. REF SID AD 2004-11-07. ASSOCIATED ER/A 88-519149, ADDED FOR AC 0957. REMOVED INI TIME FROM MASK NOT NEEDED. REDEFERRED LOG TO QC, ESTABILISH MONITOR INSPECTION 10-0553-8-2672, SN 0957 L/L DTA. ER/A 519149-14AD REV A IS CURRENT. SUPPLEMENTAL INSPECTIONS ARE TRACKING VIA LOGPAGE 1967737. THIS LOGPAGE IS TO BE DELETED. CLOSED LOG AND REMOVED MONITOR INSPECTION IAW ALERT 30MAY15 AND LOG COMMENTS.

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