What was found
DURING HMV ELONGATED HOLES AND CORROSION WERE FOUND ON VERTICAL STAB REMOVABLE LEADING EDGE PREVIOUS REPAIR EXTERNAL SPLICE STRAP STA ZFS=57. WILL BE REPAIED WITH AN ERA CLASSIFIED MAJOR.
- Difficulty date
- December 24, 2011
- Submitted
- December 27, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N929DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49716
- Aircraft time
- 61,250 hours, 46,565 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5534 · Vertical Stabilizer Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Strap
- 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.