What was found
VERTICAL STAB FRONT SPAR CAP HAS CRACK INDICATION IN FASTENER HOLE, LOWER LEFT AFT CORNER HOLE.
- Difficulty date
- March 29, 2012
- Submitted
- April 3, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N997DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53364
- Aircraft time
- 53,654 hours, 39,151 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5531 · Vertical Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Spar
- Part number
- 5911394
- 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.