Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
August 14, 2015
Submitted
August 17, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N910DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49541
Aircraft time
73,428 hours, 56,901 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1474
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

CRACK ON FUSELAGE SKIN ON BS 1474 ON LONGERON 21 TO 22L. HOLES WERE STOP DRILLED AND REPAIR DOUBLER WAS FABRICATED, TREATED AND PAINTED AND INSTALLED IAW SRM 53-01, FIG 2, 51-10-3, P 14 AND 21 AND 51-30-2. HFEC WAS PERFORMED IAW NDT SPM 06-10-01.001.

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