Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
July 23, 2015
Submitted
July 30, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N984DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53311
Aircraft time
62,920 hours, 45,156 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1418
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

A 0.187 INCH CRACK ON FUSELAGE SKIN, BS 1418 BETWEEN LONGERONS 2 - 3L AND A CRACK OF 0.531" BETWEEN LONGERON 1 AND 2R. FUSELAGE SKIN WAS REPAIRED IAW ER/A 536455-14AD, REV ORIGINAL AND ETI 88-15-204, REV 2.

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