Service difficulty report · Tee Fitting · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
June 22, 2023
Submitted
August 8, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N834US
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53115
Aircraft time
75,857 hours, 56,665 cycles
Part
Tee Fitting
Part number
591013065
Condition
Severed
Location
Zone 100
Part time
75,857 hours, 56,665 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING A TAIL-STRIKE INSPECTION IN KYIP, C.A.S. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD TEE SEVERED AND BENT BETWEEN F.S. 1334-1338 AT BL 0. . MAINTENANCE IN KYIP REMOVED THE DAMAGED APB TEE AND INSTALLED A NEW TEE IAW SRM 53-03, FIGURE 33.

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