Service difficulty report · Skin · Lkheed 10113851

Difficulty date
August 11, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N718DA
Make and model
Lkheed 10113851
Aircraft serial
193C1097
Part
Skin
Part number
1527084
Condition
Cracked
Location
Ws 395
Stage of operation
IN
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

WING LT UPPER SKIN, IWS 395, CRACK REPAIR. AN EXISTING CRACK IN THE LEFT UPPER WING SKIN AT IWS 395 PROGRESSED BEYOND THE ALLOWABLE SRM LIMIT. THE CRACK STARTED AT THE AFT EDGE OF THE SKIN AND PROGRESSED FWD. THE CRACK IS TYPICAL OF THE SRM, BUT IS NOW 2.3 LONG. THE CRACK WAS STOP DRILLED AND REPAIRED WITH TWO ALUMINUM EXTERNAL DOUBLERS AND INTERNAL ALUMINUM STRAPS PER ER/A 367904-14, REV B.