Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
July 31, 2013
Submitted
August 5, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N953DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49884
Aircraft time
62,557 hours, 46,460 cycles
Part
Longeron
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 275
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.

What was found

CRACKED LONGERON 16L AT INTERSECTION WITH FRAME BS 275. CRACK TRIMED OUT AND WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 51-30-5, 53-14-2, 51-10-3, PAR 14,21 AND 51-10-4, 53-02, FIG 18.

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