SDR DALA13042110949

Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug MD88

Difficulty date: August 27, 2013
Submitted: August 30, 2013
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N949DL
Make and model: Doug MD88
Aircraft serial: 49880
Aircraft time: 61,981 hours, 46,488 cycles
System (JASC): 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
Part: Longeron
Condition: Cracked
Location: Bs 905 L4l
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: V
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: K

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What was found

CRACK ON LONGERON 4 LT AT STA 905 AT PAX CABIN ( FCS). LONGERON CRACKED WAS REMOVED NEW LONGERON AND SPLICE WERE DRILLED AND ADJUSTED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS WERE TREATED AND PAINTED AND REPAIR PARTS, LONGERON AND SPLICE, WERE INSTALLED IAW SRM 53-02, FIG 18.

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