Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 18, 2015
Submitted
December 21, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N918DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49583
Aircraft time
70,345 hours, 54,178 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Rt Wing
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

SEVERAL GOUGES ON FIXED L/E BETWEEN BS XIS=83 AND XIS=73 AT RT WING. FIXED L/E BETWEEN BS XIS=83 AND XIS=73 AT RT WING WAS REPAIRED IAW ER/A 541584-14, REV ORIGINAL AND SLAT TRACK NR 3 WAS REMOVE/INSTALL IAW AMM 27-80-01; AFTER BLEND OUT, ORIGINAL THICKNESS 0.145" AND 0.044 AND REMAINING RESPECTIVELY IS 0.0106 AND 0.029 THEREFOR ARE OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 57-01, FIG 1.

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