Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
May 3, 2018
Submitted
May 17, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N961DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49980
Aircraft time
73,374 hours, 54,722 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Vertical Stab
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

DURING FASTENER REMOVAL, HOLES WERE FOUND ELONGATED ON L/E AT VERTICAL STABILIZER JUST ABOVE RAM AIR INLET STA ZFS 17.66 APPROX VERTICAL STABILIZER LEADING EDGE SKIN AT ZFS=17.66 WAS REPAIRED PER ETI-88-18-046 REV 8 AND ER/A568315-14 REV ORIGINAL.

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