Service difficulty report · Dome

Difficulty date
August 12, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N583MD
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Dome
Part number
593064625
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 2 Engine
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

NR 2 ENGINE FRONT BULLET IS CRACKED AROUND RIVETS, 2 CRACKS WERE FOUND IN THE 5930646-25 DOME SKIN. CRACKS WERE COMMON TO THIS SKIN ONLY. THE INNER DETAILS OF THE 5930646 DOME ASSEMBLY WERE REMOVED, CRACKS STOP DRILLED AND THEN WELDED PER DPS 10.301. SKIN ASSEMBLY WAS THEN HEAT TREATED PER DPS 7.000-1. SKIN AND DETAILS WERE REASSEMBLED.