What was found
AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE. CRACKED LONGERON 20R AT STA 993 FROM EDGE TO FIRST FASTENER HOLE. REPAIRED THE LONGERON IAW SRM 53-02-00 FIGURE 22.
- Difficulty date
- August 15, 2018
- Submitted
- August 16, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N968TW
- Make and model
- Doug MD83
- Aircraft serial
- 53618
- Aircraft time
- 53,194 hours, 27,148 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 990-1003
- 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.