Service difficulty report · Spar · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
April 24, 2012
Submitted
April 26, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N595AA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53285
Aircraft time
64,022 hours, 27,128 cycles
Part
Spar
Condition
Damaged
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.

What was found

RIGHT VERTICAL STABILIZER, SEVENTH SPAR HOLE ABOVE STATION ZFS 52.267 OUT OF ROUND AND BEYOND LIMITS. INSTALLED DOUBLER TRIPLER PER EA MD80-55-023253 AND / SRM 51-30-10.

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