What was found
PER MAINTENANCE REQUEST FOUND SKIN DAMAGE AT LONGERON 30 AND STATION 465 IN FRONT OF THE VHF ANTENNA. SEVERAL RIVET HEADS ARE MISSING. AREA LOOKS LIKE LIGHTNING STRIKE. C/W PRI 561921-14 REV O MATCHES ERA 561921-14.
- Difficulty date
- September 22, 2017
- Submitted
- September 25, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N955DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49886
- Aircraft time
- 72,605 hours, 53,638 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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