Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD9030

Difficulty date
February 8, 2019
Submitted
February 11, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N918DH
Make and model
Doug MD9030
Aircraft serial
53553
Aircraft time
40,262 hours, 19,792 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Vertical Stab
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.

What was found

CRACKS ON VERTICAL STABILIZER SKIN STA ZFS=-26.8 APROX. BELOW LL RAM AIR PER ER/A 575309-14AD REV. ORIGINAL AND ETI-90-19-006 REV. ORIGINAL REPAIR APPROVAL IS LIMITED TO 60,000 TOTAL CYCLES ONLY. ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING AUTHORIZATION (ER/A REVISION) IS REQUIRED FOR CONTINUED SERVICE BEYOND THIS LIMIT. APPROVAL IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO INSPECTION THRESHOLD IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED IN FAA AC 120-93. FOLLOWED WILL BE ACOMPLISHED UNDER LOG PAGE # 0936704 ASSOCIATED ER/A 14-575309 ADDED FOR AC 9218. (LP# 0937260)

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