What was found
SEVERAL AREAS OF CORROSION WERE FOUND ON LN VERT AFT SPAR Z CHANNEL BETWEEN STATION ZRS 149.670 TO 111.880. Z CHANNEL WAS FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS. FABRICATED CHANNEL & INSTALLED REPAIR IAW SRM 51-70-5.
- Difficulty date
- August 8, 2014
- Submitted
- August 8, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N120MN
- Make and model
- Doug MD83
- Aircraft serial
- 53120
- Aircraft time
- 41,837 hours, 41,922 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5531 · Vertical Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Channel
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Vertical Stab
- 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.