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SDR DALA2020031901940

Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date: April 28, 2015
Submitted: March 19, 2020
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N958DL
Make and model: Doug MD88
Aircraft serial: 49977
Aircraft time: 77,562 hours, 58,148 cycles
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
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

DURING HMV4 AT QRO, WHILE A SID INSPECTION WAS BEING PERFORMED, A 0.125 LONG CRACK ON THE FUSELAGE SKIN 5911432-81, AND TWO (0.152 AND 1.906 LONG) CRACKS ON THE FUSELAGE SKIN 5911432-83 WERE FOUND, ALL OF THEM LOCATED NEAR STA Y=1418, BETWEEN L3LH AND L3RH, REPAIRED PER SECTION I ER/A 521202-14AD REV. ORIGINAL

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