Service difficulty report · Cusp Web · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
October 25, 2022
Submitted
October 31, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N836US
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53214
Aircraft time
74,652 hours, 55,584 cycles
Part
Cusp Web
Condition
Corroded
Location
Zone 100
Part time
74,652 hours, 55,584 cycles
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

DISCREPANCY: DURING C-CHECK IN KDHN, COMMERCIAL JET FOUND CORROSION ON A CUSP WEB ANGLE AT F.S. 218 LBL 54 IN THE DOOR JAMB AREA. CORRECTIVE ACTION: COMMERCIAL JET IN KDHN INSPECTED THE AREA AND FOUND THE CORROSION TO BE OUT OF LIMITS. THEY TRIMMED OUT DAMAGED SECTION OF THE DOOR JAMB. THEY PERFORM A HFEC INSPECTION OF THE TRIMMED SECTION OF THE REPAIR, NO CRACK INDICATIONS OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE INDICATIONS NOTED. THEY FABRICATED A EO18667-11 CUSP ANGLE FROM .063” 7075-T6, A EO18667-13 FILLER FROM .040” 7075-T6 AND A EO18667-15 TAPERED SHIM FROM 7075-T6. ALL REPAIR PARTS WERE DRILLED, DEBURRED, TREATED AND PRIMED IAW DC9/MD80 SRM 51-10-03. ALL REPAIR PARTS WERE INSTALLED AT F.S. 218 LBL IAW FIG. 3 OF EO18667 IR. REPAIR WAS APPROVED BY 8110-3 DATED 8/17/22 BY RICARDO FERNANDEZ DERT-834363-CE

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