Service difficulty report · Intercostal · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
July 29, 2016
Submitted
August 2, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N908DE
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53417
Aircraft time
59,371 hours, 46,315 cycles
Part
Intercostal
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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 INTERCOSTAL X=0 BETWEEN STA Y=1041 TO Y=1022,Y=769 TO Y=788 AND Y=1287 TO Y=1307 ALSO X=4, STA Y=1287 TO Y=1271 AT FLOOR STRUCTURE CABIN. REPLACED INTERCOSTAL STA=1287 TO STA=1271 INTERCOSTAL STA=769 TO STA=788 WAS REPAIRED. 2 CRACKS 1- .250 AND 2- .218" IAW SRM 53-01, FIG 2,51-30-2, 51-30-5, 51-10-3 PAR 14 AND 21 51-70-5,51-10-4. HFEC WAS ACOMPLISHED INTERCOSTAL 769 TO 788 ALONG TRIM LINE AND NO CRACKS WERE FOUND.

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