Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
February 18, 2019
Submitted
February 20, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N905DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49536
Aircraft time
82,541 hours, 63,078 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

HIDDEN DAMAGE: CORROSION AND CRACK ON SKIN, ALSO SUNKEN AND BROKEN FASTENERS AT SETTLEMENT SURFACE AREA (FUSELAGE STRUCTURE) OF LOWER TCAS ANTENNA. (CORROSION LEVEL 2). REPAIRED PER ER/A 575558-14 REV ORIGINAL (SECTION I) PERMANENET REPAIR AND ETI-88-19-015 REV 3.

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