What was found
DURING AN NDT INSPECTION, A DISCREPANT AREA WAS FOUND ON LOWER SKIN BETWEEN XCW=163 TO 168 REAR SPAR AT LT WING. REPAIRED IAW ER/A 560873-14AD, REV ORIGINAL.
- Difficulty date
- August 30, 2017
- Submitted
- August 31, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N916DE
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53421
- Aircraft time
- 60,160 hours, 46,589 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5730 · Wing, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Lt Wing
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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