Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
April 20, 2017
Submitted
April 21, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N967DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53116
Aircraft time
67,483 hours, 50,283 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
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

LOOSE ON TWO ROWS FASTENERS ABOVE THE SPLICE (9E/A) AND TWO ROWS FASTENERS BELOW THE SPLICE (28E/A) STA ZFS= 52.26 AT LE VERTICAL STABILIZER. WORK WITH CARD 5530-01045-08. COUNTERSINKS AND HOLES WERE EVALUATED AND WAS FOND 34 WITHIN LIMITS AND 3 OUT OF LIMITS. OUT LIMITS HOLES WERE REPAIR PER DWG SG09550004 REV D AND CARD 5530-01045-08.

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