Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
June 6, 2016
Submitted
June 7, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N998DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53370
Aircraft time
64,043 hours, 46,120 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Lt 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

DURING NDT INSPECTION A DISCREPANT AREA WAS FOUND, 7 DIFFERENT FASTENERS OF PSE, ON LOWER SKIN AT REAR SPAR BETWEEN XRS=163 TO 168 AT LT WING. THESE NRC IS ATTENDED WITH ER/A NR 546483-14AD, REV. ORIGINAL. THESE ER/A DOCUMENTS THE DEFERRAL OF THE SID INSPECTION DESCRIBED IN WC 5700-2231 UNTIL AN ALTERNATE METHOD IS DEVELOPED TO NDT INSPECT THE AREA. WILL BE MONITORED WITH LOG PAGE NR 2494531.

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