Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
June 10, 2015
Submitted
June 15, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N981DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53268
Aircraft time
63,300 hours, 46,457 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Corroded
Location
Nr 5 Slat
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

CORROSION ON RIB HOLES AT RT WING SLAT PANEL NR 5 STA XOS=580, RW, SH-CP-SM, CARD 2 ZONE 012. SKIN AND STRUCTURE, NEW RIB WAS DRILLED, TREATED AND PAINTED, INSTALLED AND SKIN AND STRUCTURE WERE INSTALLED AND REMOVED IAW SRM 51-30-2, 51-10-4, 51-10-3, PAR 14/21 AND 51-30-8.

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