What was found
CRACKED LONGERON 3R AT INTERSECTION WITH AFT ACCESSORY COMPARTMENT FRAME BS 1437. LONGERON REMOVED & NEW LONGERON AND SPLICE INSTALLED PER IAW SRM 53-02, FIG 18.
- Difficulty date
- August 29, 2013
- Submitted
- August 30, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N953DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49884
- Aircraft time
- 62,557 hours, 46,460 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.