What was found
DURING NDT INSPECTION, A DISCREPANT AREA WAS FOUND ON THE LOWER SKIN REAR SPAR BETWEEN XRS 163 TO 168, RT WING. REPAIRED IAW ER/A 567436-14AD, REV ORIGINAL.
- Difficulty date
- April 23, 2018
- Submitted
- April 25, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N918DE
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49959
- Aircraft time
- 63,047 hours, 46,024 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5711 · Wing Spar
- Part
- Spar
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Rt Wing
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.