Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
January 22, 2017
Submitted
January 23, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N913DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49544
Aircraft time
76,266 hours, 58,323 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Worn
Location
Vertical Stab
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.

What was found

VERTICAL STABILIZER, WEAR ON LT AND RT OUTER SKIN BTW YV=256 AND YV=221 AT VERTICAL STABILIZER REMOVABLE TIP FAIRING. AREAS WERE BLEND OUT PER SRM 55-01 FIG 1 AND MEASURED WITH ULTRASONIC TEST PER NDT SPM 04-00-07 FIG3 SHEET 2, AS FOLLOW: UPPER RT SKIN, ORIGINAL THICKNESS IS 0.050" AND MINIMUM REMAINING IS 0.042" THEREFORE ITS WITHIN LIMITS AND THE OTHERS SKINS,(RT LOWER, LT LOWER, AND LT UPPER) DUE TO EXCESSIVE DAMAGE ARE OUT OF LIMITS, BECAUSE ORIGINAL THICKNESS IS 0.050" AND MINIMUM REMAINING IS 0.020"ON RT LOWER SKIN, 0.029"ON LT UPPER SKIN AND 0.005"ON LT LOWER SKIN. PER SRM 55-01 FIG 1. SKINS OUT OF LIMITS WERE REPLACED PER ER/A 551728-14MA REV ORIGINAL, DWG:5912166 REV.

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