N108DL
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Accident & incident history
Maintenance disclosures
Service Difficulty Reports filed with the FAA for this airframe. Filing is largely voluntary — the number of reports is not a measure of reliability. To verify a report, search its control number at the FAA SDRS site.
47 reports on file, 1995-03-20 – 2004-03-08.
Part: WIRE — BROKEN (LT WING) · airframe 65,853 hrs · 32,043 cycles
MCO LEFT WING ILLUMINATION LIGHT INOP. FOUND LIGHT ASSY TERMINAL BOARD BROKEN AND WIRES DAMAGED WITH EVIDENCE OF ARCING. NDS NEW ASSY TO INCLUDE TERMINAL BLOCK NOT SHOWN IN IPC. NDS MFG P/N 30-1543-1. NASI DAL, PULLED AND COLLARED C/B N-35 WING ILLUM ON P11-6 C/B PANEL. MCO SOB. MCO DOCUMENTED AS MRR.
Part: FUSE — BLOWN (EMERGENCY LIGHT) · airframe 65,716 hrs · 31,979 cycles
ON MAINTENANCE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND FIRST CLASS EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOP IN THE SEAT PANELS. TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND BLOWN FUSE IN POWER SUPPLY M9008. REPLACED FUSE, LIGHTS NOW OPERATIONAL CHECK OK.
Part: FAN — FAILED (RIGHT) · airframe 65,613 hrs · 31,930 cycles
IN FLIGHT THE CREW REPORTED, GOT A RT RECIRC FAN INOP LIGHT ACCOMPANIED BY A STRONG PUNGENT ODOR. THE ODOR WENT AWAY WHEN BOTH RECIRC FANS WERE TURNED OFF. ALSO PULLED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE RT RECIRC FAN. THE LT RECIRC FAN OPERATED NORMALLY ON THE GROUND AND THE RT RECIRC FAN WAS PUT ON MCO PER MEL 21-25-01A. RT RECIRC FAN WAS REPLACED IN BDL ON 020104 REF LOG E638468 ITEM 003.
Part: FITTING — CORRODED (TE FLAPS) · airframe 65,604 hrs · 31,928 cycles
WHILE ACCOMPLISHING BOLT REPLACEMENTS FOR THE INBOARD FLAP SUPPORT FITTINGS ON THE LT & RT WINGS PER AD 2002-22-07, SEVERAL FITTING HOLE BORES WERE FOUND WITH CORROSION. THE HOLE BORES WERE OVERSIZED TO REMOVE ALL CORROSION, HFEC INSPECTED, AND BUSHED. NEW BOLT HOLES WERE THEN REAMED AND THE NEW BOLTS INSTALLED. THE REPAIRS WERE PER ER/A'S 088285, 088313, 088286, 088287 & 088289-14.
Earlier reports · 1995–2003 · 43 reports
2003
Part: FUSE — BLOWN (EMERGENCY LIGHT) · airframe 64,652 hrs · 31,445 cycles
EXTERNAL EMERGENCY LIGHTS AFT OF RT OVERWING EXIT INOP (2ND & 3RD) FOUND FUSE BLOWN IN EMERGENCY BATTERY CHARGER RECEPTACLE. REPLACED SAME. LIGHTS OPERATE NORMAL.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN) · airframe 64,398 hrs · 31,310 cycles
FOUND F/C EMERGENCY PATH LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED M9008 BATTERY PACK. OPS CHECK NORMAL.
Part: A/C PACK — MALFUNCTIONED (A/C BAY) · airframe 63,693 hrs · 30,922 cycles
AFTER TAKEOFF, STRONG ELECTRICAL SMELL IN COCKPIT AND FLT ATT REPORTED ELECTRICAL SMELL AND SMOKE IN CABIN. INSPECTED RT PACK BAY, NORMAL RAN PACK USING APU AIR, TURBINE INLET TEMP ROSE HIGH. NO OVENS IN USE DURING TAKEOFF. RAN GASPER AND RECIRC FANS, OPS NORMAL. FWD RT PACK TO MCO AND PLAC PER MEL 21-51-01A.
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN) · airframe 63,496 hrs · 30,817 cycles
EXTERIOR EMERGENCY LIGHT LT SIDE STA 1240 INOPERATIVE. RELAMPED,NO HELP. SUSPECT POWER SUPPLY. REPLACED FUSES IN POWER SUPPLY, LIGHT CHECK GOOD.
2001
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN) · airframe 60,336 hrs · 29,203 cycles
DURING SVC CHECK LEFT FIRST CLASS OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOP. REPLACED BATTERY PACK, SYSTEM CHECKS GOOD.
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN) · airframe 59,628 hrs · 28,825 cycles
EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP 5L POS. REPLACED LIGHT.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN) · airframe 59,628 hrs · 28,825 cycles
OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN F/C INOP. REPLACED BATTERY PACK IN FIRST CLASS LEFT SIDEWALL, CHECK GOOD.
Part: COUPLING — BROKEN (ADP PRESS LINE) · airframe 59,497 hrs · 28,766 cycles
LNDG IN JAX "CTR HYD QTY" EICAS MSG ILLUMINATED. TURNING ONTO TAXIWAY, QTY WENT FROM 4.0 TO 0.0 AND LOST NOSEWHEEL STEERING. TOWED INTO GATE. LEFT AND RIGHT HYD SYSTEMS NORMAL. CA FD COUPLING BETWEEN ADP ASSY AND PRESS LINE BROKEN. REPLACED COUPLING PER MM.
Part: FLASHLIGHT — INOPERATIVE (CABIN) · airframe 59,454 hrs · 28,744 cycles
AFT RT CABIN FLASHLIGHT INOP. REPLACED FLASHLIGHT ASSY AND BATTERY CHECK GOOD.
Part: FITTING — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 59,375 hrs · 28,705 cycles
CRACK INDICATIONS FOUND IN THE STA 1809 BULKHEAD COMMON TO THE SPLICE FITTING, FWD OUTER CHORD AND LONGERON FITTING.
Part: BULKHEAD — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 59,375 hrs · 28,705 cycles
CRACKS FOUND IN THE STA 1809 BULKHEAD AREA, COMMON TO THE SKIN AND THE FWD OUTER CHORD, LT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT.
Part: BULKHEAD — CRACKED (NR 1 PYLON) · airframe 59,375 hrs · 28,705 cycles
DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF PYLON SIP MODIFICATION,CRACK INDICATIONS WERE FOUND IN THE MID STRUT BULKHEAD IN AREA COMMON TO THE UPPER SPAR FITTING.
Part: BRACKET — DAMAGED (OVERHEAD BIN) · airframe 58,661 hrs · 28,383 cycles
ON L/O FOUND 1ST CLASS MEGAPHONE AND MEGAPHONE BRACKET DAMAGED. REPLACED 1ST CLASS MEGAPHONE AND MEGAPHONE BRACKET PER M/M. FOUND BRACKET TO HAVE FAULTY LATCH RESULTING IN AN UNSECURE MEGAPHONE WHICH FELL FROM THE OVERHEAD BIN AND WAS DAMAGED.
Part: BULB — BURNED OUT (MLG INDICATOR) · airframe 58,207 hrs · 28,188 cycles
LT MAIN LANDING GEAR NOT INDICATING GREEN WHEN LANDING GEAR IS DOWN AND LOCKED. RELAMPED LT MAIN GEAR DOWNLOCK GREEN LITE RECONFIGED A/C TO NORM GEAR MODE ALL CKS OK
2000
Part: SKIN — DENTED (BS643, S28R) · airframe 56,435 hrs · 27,395 cycles
A DENT WAS FOUND IN THE FUSELAGE SKIN AT STRINGER 28R, BETWEEN BS 632 AND 654. TO REMOVE DENT THE SKIN WAS CUT OUT, TO A SIZE OF 3.5 BY 5.5 INCH. SKIN DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED PER ERA 378344-14.
Part: BATTERY PACK — INOPERATIVE (CABIN) · airframe 55,365 hrs · 26,936 cycles
RT EMERGENCY CEILING LIGHT AT ROW 13 TO FWD ENTRY DOOR INOP. REPLACED BATTERY PACK, OPS NORMAL.
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (PAX DOOR) · airframe 55,007 hrs · 26,775 cycles
DURING LAYOVER, FOUND R1 DOOR EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP. REPLACED CHARGER, CHECKS GOOD PER MM.
1999
Part: BATTERY — DISCHARGED (SLIDE)
DURING SQUIB TEST, LT ESCQPE SLIDE DID NOT ILL WHILE PRESSING TEST 1 AND RT ESCAPE SLIDE DID NOT ILL WHILE PRESSING TEST 2. REPLACED LT OVERWING SLIDE POWER SUPPLY AND BATTERY. OPS CHECK NORMAL.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN)
DURING LAYOVER, FOUND NR 1 SQUIB TEST INOP. LEFT OVERWING ESCAPE SLIDE. REPLACED BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK, OPERATION NOW NORMAL.
Part: SKIN — CORRODED (CENTER WING)
CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE WING CENTER SECTION UPPER SKIN AREA BETWEEN LBL 67 AND 90. THE WING SKIN WAS CORRODED ABOVE STRINGERS U-1 AND U-2 AND AT THE REAR SPAR. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS CORROSION DAMAGE TO THE REAR SPAR CAP, PRESSURE DECK WEB AND PRESSURE DECK ATTACH ANGLE. TO GAIN ACCESS TO ALL CORRODED AREAS, THE LBL 74.81 LONGTUDINAL FLOORBEAM LOWER CHORD WAS CUT FWD OF STRINGER U-2.
Part: SKIN — DELAMINATED (NR 4 SPOILER)
LT WING NR 4 SPOILER, 12 IN X 17 IN UPPER SKIN TO CORE DELAMINATION LOCATED IN CENTER OF PANEL. AUTHORIZED WET LAYUP, 180 DEG F CURE REPAIR.
Part: BRACE — CORRODED (NR 1 & 2 PYLON)
MIGRATED/ROTATED BUSHINGS WERE FOUND IN THE FORWARD LUGS OF THE NR 1 AND NR 2 PYLON DIAGONAL BRACES DURING PYLON INSTALLATION. MINOR CORROSION DAMAGE AND FRETTING DAMAGE WAS FOUND IN THE BORES UPON BUSHING REMOVAL.
Part: SKIN — CORRODED (BS 1465)
CORROSION DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON THE 146T3231-1 SKIN AT STA 1465 STRINGERS S-27L, S-28L AND 33L. CORROSION DAMAGE WAS ALSO FOUND ON THE 146T8220-1 BULK CARGO LOWER BEAR STRAP AT STA 1461 BETWEEN S-25L AND 26L.
Part: SPLICE — CORRODED (BS 434)
STRINGER 33L SPLICE WAS FOUND CORRODED AT STA 434, SPLICE WAS REPLACED PER DWG 140T0110 AND SRM 53-00-03-2-202.
Part: BLKHD CHORD — CORRODED (BS 1065)
THE PN 146T2003-2 CHORD WAS FOUND CORRODED ON THE AFT SIDE OF THE STA 1065 BULKHEAD AT A PRIMARY ATTACH FITTING AT STRINGER 23R. THE CHORD WAS REPLACED PER DWG 146T2000; NO DAMAGE TO ATTACHING STRUCTURE WAS FOUND.
Part: SPLICE — CORRODED (BS 434)
STRINGER 38L SPLICE WAS FOUND CORRODED AT STA. 434 AND WAS REPLACED PER DWG 140T0110 AND SRM 53-00-03-2-202.
Part: SPLICE — CORRODED (BS 434)
STRINGER 32R SPLICE WAS FOUND CORRODED AT STA 434, SPLICE WAS REPLACED PER DWG 140T0110 AND SRM 53-00-3-2-202.
Part: SPLICE — CORRODED (BS 434)
STRINGER 39L SPLICE WAS FOUND CORRODED AT STA 434 AND WAS REPLACED PER DWG 140T0110 AND SRM 53-00-03-2-202.
Part: SPLICE — CORRODED (BS 434)
STRINGER 37L SPLICE WAS FOUND CORRODED AT STA 434 AND WAS REPLACED PER DWG 140T0110 AND SRM 53-00-03-2-202.
Part: SPLICE — CORRODED (BS 434)
STRINGER 35L SPLICE WAS FOUND CORRODED AT STA 434 AND WAS REPLACED PER DWG 140T0110 AND SRM 53-00-03-2-202.
Part: VOR — MALFUNCTIONED (RIGHT)
AT THE GATE CREW SMELLED ELECTRICAL ODOR AND SOME SMOKE. A/C WAS DEPLANED. MTC INVESTIGATED FOUND NO OBVIOUS PROBLEM BUT DID FIND VOR/MARKER C/B A-1 POPPED. SWAPPED LT VOR TO RT VOR POSTION AND THEN DEACTIVATED RT VOR PER MEL. A/C FLEW TO ATL. MTC REPLACED NR 2 VOR CONTROL PNL AND XCVR.
1998
Part: ENGINE — FAILED (NR 2)
IN DESCENT, NR 2 ENG SHOWED NO OIL QTY AND 10 PSI PRESS. SHUT DOWN ENGINE PER POM. MAINTENANCE IN PROGRESS. FOUND METAL ON CHIP DETECTOR, REPLACED ENGINE.
Part: SKIN — DENTED (BS 1351)
THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS BADLY DENTED AT FS 1351 NEAR STRINGER 31R (JUST AFT OF THE C2 DOOR CUTOUT). THE UNDERLYING FRAME WAS ALSO DENTED. THE DAMAGED FRAME WAS REPAIRED PER THE B767 SRM 71-70-11. THE DENTED SKIN WAS CUTOUT AND REPAIRED WITH AN ALUMINUM DOUBLER AND TRIPLER PER ER/A 363959-14, REV A.
1997
Part: SKIN — CORROSION (BS 1307-1380)
THE SECTION 46 FUSELAGE SKIN BETWEEN STR 35L AND 36L HAS 3 DISTINCT AREAS OF SEVERE CORROSION THROUGH THE SKIN RESULTING IN .5 DIA HOLES. DAMAGE LOCATIONS ARE 1338, 1363, 1380 AN EXISTING REPAIR ST FS 1389 BETWEEN SUBJECT STR WILL BE REMOVED AND THE DAMAGE INCORPORATED INTO THE NEW REPAIR. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS FOUND TO ANOTHER REPAIR LOCATED NEARBY. ALL DAMAGE LOCATED ARE NOW REPAIRED BY ON REPAIR. THIS REPAIR IS APPROVED PER FAA/DER FORM 8110-3, DER DESIGNATION SO-867, DTD 7-1-97.
Part: SKIN — CORROSION (BS 950-955)
DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF EO 1-60000-3, CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE CENTER SECTION UPPER WING SKIN AT APPROXIMATELY FS 950 TO 955 AND RBL 65 TO 80. THE DEEPEST CORROSION WAS FOUND DIRECTLY UNDER THE DRAIN SCREEN LOCATED AT APPROX RBL 70. THE AREA WAS CUT OUT AND BLENDED. CORROSION WAS ALSO FOUND ON THE EXPOSED SURFACE OF THE UNDERLYING REAR SPAR CAP. THE RBL 74.81 FLOORBEAM LOWER CHORD WAS CUT TO FACILITATE INSTALLATION OF THE REPAIR DOUBLERS. THIS REPAIR WAS APPROVED BY FAA DER FORM 8110-3, DER DESIGNATION SO-889, DTD 7-1-97.
Part: SKIN — CORROSION (WING CTR SECTION)
CORROSION WAS DISCOVERED ON THE WING CENTER SECTION UPPER SKIN, TOP SURFACE, BETWEEN STR U-15 TO THE AFT SPAR AND RBL 75 TO 95. THE CORROSION CONCENTRATED AROUND THE STRINGER TO SKIN FASTENER HOLES ABOVE THE AFT SPAR AND STR 3 TO 8, 11, 12 AND 15. THE FASTENER HOLES WERE SPOTFACED WITH A MAX DEPTH OF 0.072 AND COUNTERSINK WASHERS WERE INSTALLED.
Part: IDG — FAILED (NR 1 ENGINE)
ON TAKEOFF, LOST 'L' GEN FOLLOWED BY AC L BUS OFF. STARTED APU DID NOT GET L BUS BACK. FOLLOWED BY 'L' GEN DRIVE LIGHT. APU WAS RUNNING OK. NO ISOLATION LIGHT. REPLACED NR 1 IDG AND GARLOCK SEAL. OPS CHECK GOOD. BPCU FAULTED LT GCU, REPLACED GCU. CHECKS GOOD. REPLACED BPCU DUE TO COFFEE STAINS ON UNIT. SYSTEM ALL CHECKS NORMAL.
1995
Part: EEL POWER SUPPLY — FAILED (CABIN)
ON LAYOVER, FOUND 3 EXIT SIGNS EMERG LIGHTS INOP, MID-CABIN, RT SIDE. REPLACED POWER SUPPLY. OPERATION NORMAL.
Part: EEL TRACK — INOP (CABIN)
DURING LAYOVER, EMERGENCY TRACK LIGHT DAMAGED NEAR AFT LEFT LAV. FOUND WIRE BROKEN UNDER TRACK. REPAIRED WIRES, OPS CHECK NORMAL.
Part: EEL BULB — FAILED (CABIN)
LEFT AFT ENTRY DOOR EMER SLIDE LIGHT INOP. REPLACED LAMP AND CLEANED LIGHT ASSY, CHECK'S NORM.
Part: EEL BULB — FAILED (CABIN)
EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT FWD OF C2 DOOR INOP. RELAMPED AND OPS NORMAL.
Part: EEL BULB — FAILED (CABIN)
F/C FWD CROSS AISLE AREA PATH LIGHT AND MID GALLEY RT AISLE AREA LIGHT OUT. RELAMPED AND OPS NORMAL.
Part: FLAP — HOLE IN SKIN (LT WING AFT)
FOUND DURING LETTER CHECK, HOLE IN BOTTOM OF NR 2 AFT FLAP I/B. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-70-10 AND 57-53-01.