What was found
DURING NDT INSPECTION A DISCREPANT AREA WAS FOUND ON LOWER SKIN REAR SPAR BETWEEN XRS=163 TO 168 AT LT WING. INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED IAW ER/A 549240-14AD.
- Difficulty date
- August 16, 2016
- Submitted
- August 17, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N901DE
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53378
- Aircraft time
- 63,580 hours, 46,313 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5730 · Wing, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Damaged
- 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.