What was found
AFT SECTION OF LONGERON CRACKED AT SPLICE AT LONERON 2R BS 1418, REMOVED DAMAGED LONGERON, INSTALLED NEW SECTION OF LONGERON REF SRM 53-10-00.
- Difficulty date
- June 25, 2013
- Submitted
- June 27, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N959DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49978
- Aircraft time
- 60,950 hours, 45,829 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron Splice
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1418
- 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.