What was found
DURING NDT INSPECTION, A DISCREPANT AREA WAS FOUND ON THE LOWER SKIN BETWEEN XRS 163 - 168, REAR SPAR ON RT WING. REPAIRED IAW ER/A 556412-14AD, REV.ORIGINAL.
- Difficulty date
- May 9, 2017
- Submitted
- May 10, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N913DE
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49956
- Aircraft time
- 60,134 hours, 46,961 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5730 · Wing, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Rt Wing
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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