Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
October 17, 2018
Submitted
October 22, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N970DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53173
Aircraft time
72,017 hours, 53,135 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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

CRACKED FUSELAGE SKIN STA Y 1309 BTW LONGS 6R-7R (FUS). NRC 00016: AREA WAS REPAIRED PER SRM 53-04-2 FIG. 2 SHEET 15. PERFORM A GENERAL VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE REPAIR INITIAL AT 8,000 CYCLES AND REPETITIVE EVERY 8,000 CYCLES PER SRM 53-04-2 PARAGRAPH 3D. MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES WILL BE DONE BY LOG 0789029. (LP #0789007)

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