What was found
CRACK ON LONGERON 8LT BS 1296 AT INNER FUSELAGE STRUCTURE. LONGERON SECTION DAMAGE WAS REMOVED AND NEW LONGERON SECTION WAS INSTALLED IAW SRM 53-02, FIG 18.
- Difficulty date
- March 11, 2013
- Submitted
- March 27, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N946DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49819
- Aircraft time
- 61,817 hours, 46,602 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1296
- 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.