Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
January 22, 2017
Submitted
January 23, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N905DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49536
Aircraft time
77,671 hours, 59,179 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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

ACFT SKIN SPLICE PLATE HAS .50 INCH LONG CRACK APPROXIMATELY 13 INCHES RT OF LONGERON 1. THE OTBD END OF THE CRACK WAS LOCATED WITH HFEC, THE INBD END EXTENDS UNDER VERTICAL STAB RT ATTACH ANGLE MOUNT DOUBLER. REPAIRED IAW PRI 554287-14 REV 0 AND COMPLIED WITH ER/A 554287-14 REV A.

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