Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
June 20, 2015
Submitted
June 22, 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
Damaged
Location
Bs 655-674
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

LIGHTNING STRIKES ON RT WINDOW BELT BETWEEN STA Y= 655-674 FWD WAS REPAIRED ON UPPER CORNER: WITH DIMENTIONS AS FOLLOWS (UT) WAS ACCOMPLISHED IAW NDT-SPM PART 4, 04-00-078 PAR 5 FIG 3, STA Y=655-674 RT, PLACE FWD UPPER CORNER, ORIGINAL THICKNESS 0.120, REMAINING THICKNESS 0.118. THESE ARE IN ZONE 1 AND CRITICAL. STA Y=655-674 RT, PLACE UPPER EDGE, ORIGINAL THICKNESS 0.110, REMAINING THICKNESS 0.104, ZONE THEREFORE THESE ARE WITHIN LIMITS IAW SRM 53-05, FIG 111 AND ER/A 536452-14, REV.

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