Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
August 11, 2015
Submitted
August 14, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N906DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49537
Aircraft time
74,240 hours, 56,908 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Bs 731-750
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

LIGHTNING STRIKE ON WINDOW BELT BETWEEN BS 731 AND 750 RT SIDE. WINDOW BELT WAS REPAIRED IAW ETI-88-15-270, REV 1 AND ER/A 537735-14AD, REV ORIGINAL "ON CRITICAL ZONE". AREA NOT A CRITICAL ZONE WAS ATTENDED WITH SRM 53-05, FIG. 111, SRM 51-10-3 PAR 21. MAJOR REPAIR. MEASURE NDT SPM 04-00-07, PAR 5, FIG 3, SH 1-2. ORIGINAL THICKNESS 0.130", REMAINING 0.118" WITHIN LIMITS IAW SRM 53-05, FIG III. OLYMPUS NDT 38DL PLUS SONOPEN, V260SM 28AUG15. RII COMPLETED.

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