Service difficulty report · Spar · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 19, 2010
Submitted
December 20, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N954DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49885
Aircraft time
55,652 hours, 42,075 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D*
Part
Spar
Part number
9911833505
Condition
Cracked
Location
Vertical Stab
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

FASTENER HOLE - CRACKED - 1ST HOLE BELOW ZFS=52 VERT STAB FRONT SPAR RT CHORD REPAIRED IAW ERA 488178-14, REV ORIG.

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