What was found
DURING SCHEDULED HEAVY MAINTENANCE, A ONE INCH LONG CRACK WAS FOUND AT THE VERTICAL STABILIZER RAM AIR INLET DUCT RT AFT CORNER. REPAIRED IAW ER/A 517896-14.
- Difficulty date
- August 21, 2013
- Submitted
- August 22, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N925DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49712
- Aircraft time
- 65,384 hours, 49,889 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5532 · Vertical Stabilizer, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Inlet
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Ram Air
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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