What was found
CRACKED AND ELONGATED HOLES AT AFT CARGO DOOR SCUFF PLATE. ELONGATE HOLES AND CRACKS WERE WELDED, HOLES WERE RE-DRILLED AND AREAS WERE GROUND, FPI WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON WELDED AREAS, NO CRACKS WERE FOUND IAW ER/A 491023-14MA, REV A.
- Difficulty date
- September 19, 2016
- Submitted
- September 20, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N906DE
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53415
- Aircraft time
- 63,056 hours, 45,883 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Scuff Plate
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.