What was found
DURING NDT INSPECTION, A DISCREPANT AREA WAS FOUND ON LOWER SKIN REAR SPAR BTW XRS=163 TO 168 AT L WING. REPAIRED IAW ER/A 550332-14AD REV.ORIGINAL.
- Difficulty date
- October 7, 2016
- Submitted
- October 11, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N909DE
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53418
- Aircraft time
- 59,718 hours, 46,553 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5711 · Wing Spar
- Part
- Spar
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Lt Wing
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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