Service difficulty report · Skate Angle · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 10, 2012
Submitted
December 12, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N955DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49886
Aircraft time
60,796 hours, 45,318 cycles
Part
Skate Angle
Condition
Cracked
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

LEFT VERTICAL STABILIZER REPAIR DOUBLER-SKATE ANGLE-CRACKED AT STABILIZER T/E. REF NR 142, REMOVED PREVIOUS REPAIR ANGLE THAT WAS CRACKED AND REPAIRED BY FABRICATING NEW REPAIR ANGLE SAME AS PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED. REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-05, FIG 23.

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