What was found
DURING NDT INSPECTION, A DISCREPANT AREA WAS FOUND SEVEN DIFFERENT FASTENERS OF PSE ON LOWER SKIN BETWEEN XRS 163 TO 168 REAR SPAR AT RT WING.
- Difficulty date
- March 16, 2017
- Submitted
- March 17, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N912DE
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49997
- Aircraft time
- 59,781 hours, 46,595 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5711 · Wing Spar
- Part
- Spar
- Condition
- Damaged
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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