What was found
LONGERON 2L, BS 1419, IS CRACKED AFT ACCESSORY. REMOVED CRACKED SECTION OF LONGERON AT PREVIOUS REPAIR SPLICE. FABRICATED, MATCH DRILLED, TRIMMED, DEBURRED, TREATED, AND PRIMED. INSTALLED LONGERON AND SPLICE IAW SRM 53-02, FIG 18.
- Difficulty date
- September 29, 2012
- Submitted
- October 2, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N987DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53338
- Aircraft time
- 55,916 hours, 40,790 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1419
- 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.