Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
October 21, 2015
Submitted
October 22, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N987DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53338
Aircraft time
63,330 hours, 45,708 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Lt Wing Te Flap
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

LIGHTNING STRIKE AND GOUGE ON LT INBD FLAP LOWER SKIN BETWEEN BS XW 89 TO XW 99. CARD 17, ZONE 10. LIGHTNING STRIKE IN BS XW-99 WAS ATTENDED IAW SRM 57-01, FIG 1, UT, WAS ACOMPLISHED IAW NDT 04-00-07, FIG 3, SHEET 1 ORIGINAL THICKNESS IS 0.040" AND MINIMUM REMAINING IS 0.038" THEREFORE IS WITHIN LIMITS IAW SRM 57-01, FIG 1 AND GOUGE IN BS XW-89 WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 57-03D, FIG 8, SRM 51-10-3 PAR 21, SRM 51-30-8.

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