Service difficulty report · Spar · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
November 22, 2010
Submitted
December 2, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N947DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49878
Aircraft time
55,970 hours, 42,466 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D*
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

VERTICAL STABILIZER FRONT SPAR RT CHORD ZFS=52, OVERSIZED HOLES REPAIRED IAW ERA 487648-14 REV A.

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