Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
July 26, 2017
Submitted
July 27, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N949DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49880
Aircraft time
71,698 hours, 53,527 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1309
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

CRACK ON EXTERNAL FUSELAGE SKIN BS 1309, LONGERONS 6R TO 7R. THE CRACK WAS .500 INCH. AREA WAS REPAIRED IAW ER/A 559535-14, REV ORIG, AND ETI -88-17-206, REV 2.

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