Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
March 25, 2016
Submitted
March 28, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N934DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49721
Aircraft time
70,941 hours, 53,461 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Bs 647-693
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 STRIKES, FOUR ON WINDOW FRAME BETWEEN BS 674 TO 693 AND LONGERONS 14TO 15R. MEASURE REWORKED AREAS, UT) WAS ACCOMPLISHED IAW DC/MD NDT SPM 04-00-07 PAR 5, FIG 3, SHEET 1 AND 2. BLEND OUT ON ZONE CRITICAL BLEND OUT, 2 THE ORIGINAL THICKNESS ES .120 AND REMAINING THICKNESS .115. THEREFORE AREA IS WITHIN LIMITS IAW ER/A 545077-14, REV ORIG. HFEC WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND CRACKS WERE NOT FOUND I.A.W ER/A 545077-14. REV ORG. PERFORM HFEC INSPECTION WITHIN EVERY 24 MONTHS AFTER SECTION I UNTIL ACCOMPLISHED OF SECTION III. PERFORM PERMANENT REPAIR ON OR BEFORE 84,500 TOTAL FLIGHT CYCLES, THIS INSPECTION WILL BE MONITORED UNDER LOG PAGE 2412695.

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