What was found
CRACKED LONGERON 3L BS 1437 AT AFT ACCESSORY COMPARTMENT. DAMAGED SECTION WAS REMOVED, NEW LONGERON WAS FABRICATED, AND REPAIR LONGERON SPLICE WAS INSTALLED IAW SRM 53-02, FIG 18.
- Difficulty date
- April 26, 2013
- Submitted
- May 31, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N950DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49881
- Aircraft time
- 60,965 hours, 45,858 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1437
- 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.