Service difficulty report · Stiffener · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
September 14, 2015
Submitted
September 15, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N908DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49539
Aircraft time
74,072 hours, 57,043 cycles
Part
Stiffener
Condition
Cracked
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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

ACFT HAS CRACKED STIFFENER, 11 O`CLOCK POSITION, CRACKED CLIP, 8 O`CLOCK POSITION. SHEARED FASTENERS, 2 O`CLOCK POSITION AND MISSING FASTENER AT 7 O`CLOCK POSITION AT RT ENGINE NOSECOWL. FWD BULKHEAD AFT FACE. CRACKED STIFFENER 11 O`CLOCK, CRACKED CLIP 8 O`CLOCK AND FASTENERS SHEARED 2 O`CLOCK, MISSING FASTENER 7 O`CLOCK WERE REPLACED IAW ER/A 451282-14MA.

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