Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
September 5, 2015
Submitted
September 8, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N989DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53341
Aircraft time
60,690 hours, 43,756 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1418
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

CRACKS ON FUSELAGE SKIN, LENGTH 0.156" AND 0.125", ON BS 1418 BETWEEN LONGERON 2L AND 3L AND BETWEEN LONGERON 2R AND 3R, LENGTH .156". IN SAME STATION REASON FOR RE-WRITE : SHIMS BELOW LONGERON AFT STRAPS 2L, 2R DOES NOT COVER THE ENTIRE AREA OF INTENDED CONTACT. SHIMS WERE REPLACED IAW ER/A 537756-14AD, REV ORIGINAL, SRM 51-30-5, 51-10-3 PAR 14 AND 21, 51-10-9 THE MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE PERFORMED UNDER LOG 2117450. CRACKS ON FUSELAGE SKIN WAS REPAIRED IAW ER/A 537756-14AD REV ORIGINAL.

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