What was found
DURING HMV, A CRACK WAS FOUND ON LONGERON 3L BS 160 AT PAX CABIN. LONGERON AND LONGERON END WAS REMOVED AND NEW SECTION WAS SPLICED IN AND INSTALLED LONGERON END IAW SRM 53-02, FIG 18.
- Difficulty date
- October 2, 2012
- Submitted
- October 3, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N942DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49815
- Aircraft time
- 60,973 hours, 45,908 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 160 L3l
- 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.