Service difficulty report · Fairing · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 13, 2012
Submitted
December 14, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N936DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49723
Aircraft time
62,121 hours, 47,144 cycles
Part
Fairing
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

ON INSTALLATION OF VERTICAL STAB TIP FAIRING, FOUND A CRACK ON RT SIDE, EMINATING FROM A RADIUS OF UPPER SKIN. REMOVED FITTING ON RT STAB FAIRING BY ACCESS TO CRACK. NDT VERIFIED END OF CRACK, CHECK STOP DRILL, AND OPEN HOLES. FABRICATED, PRIMERED, TREATED, AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER AND SHIMS. ACCOMPLISHED WITH ER/A 509299-14, REV.

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