Service difficulty report · Doubler · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
February 28, 2019
Submitted
March 1, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N913DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49544
Aircraft time
81,124 hours, 62,265 cycles
Part
Doubler
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

TWO CRACKS WERE FOUND ON INTERNAL DOUBLER AT LOWER AFT CORNER OF FORWARD CARGO DOOR JAMB. PERMANENT REPAIR SECTION I WAS PERFORMED AT LOWER AFT CORNER OF FORWARD CARGO DOOR JAMB PER ER/A 575828-14AD REV. ORIGINAL AND ETI-88-19-016 REV.4. REPAIR APPROVAL IS LIMITED TO 24 MONTHS SERVICE FROM DATE OF APPROVAL ONLY. ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING AUTHORIZATION (ER/A REVISION) IS REQUIRED FOR CONTINUED SERVICE BEYOND THIS LIMIT. NOTE TO ENGINEER. DAMAGE TOLERANCE EVALUATION IS REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED IN FAA AC 120-93. AND WILL BE MONITORING UNDER LOG PAGE #0962938 (LP0964394)

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