Service difficulty report · Intercostal · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
June 9, 2015
Submitted
June 12, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N985DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53312
Aircraft time
62,718 hours, 45,314 cycles
Part
Intercostal
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nlg Ww
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

CRACKED INTERCOSTAL Y=37 AND X=11, X=-11 AT NLG WHEEL WELL. LT INTERCOSTAL WAS REPAIRED IAW 51-01, PAR 4, STEP 21 AND DOUBLER WAS FABRICATED IAW SRM 53-14-1, 51-10-2, DOUBLER WAS TREATED AND PAINTED IAW SRM 51-10-3, PAR 21/14.

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