What was found
DURING NDT INSPECTION A DISCREPANT AREA WAS FOUND, SEVEN DIFERENT FASTENERS OF PSE, LOWER SKIN REAR SPAR BETWEEN XRS=163 TO 168 AT LT WING. NRC IS ATTENDED WITH ER/A NR 543169-14AD, REV ORIGINAL.
- Difficulty date
- February 28, 2016
- Submitted
- February 29, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N904DE
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53409
- Aircraft time
- 62,883 hours, 45,830 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5711 · Wing Spar
- Part
- Spar
- Condition
- Not Reported
- Location
- Lt Wing
- 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.