Service difficulty report · Structure · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
February 25, 2016
Submitted
February 29, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N993DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53345
Aircraft time
63,480 hours, 45,809 cycles
Part
Structure
Condition
Cracked
Location
Emergency Exit
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

CRACKED CLIPS ON RT FWD EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR AT STOP NR 1 AND 2. CLIP NR 1 WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 51-30-2 AND 51-30-5. HFEC INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON CLIPS ON RT FWD EMERGENCY DOOR AT STOP NR 1 AND 2, AND WAS FOUND A CRACK OF 0.187" LENGTH ON CLIP AT NR 1 STOP ONLY IAW NDT SPM 06-10-01.001.

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