Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
October 8, 2013
Submitted
October 9, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N956DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49887
Aircraft time
62,307 hours, 46,746 cycles
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.

What was found

CRACKED LONGERON NR 1 ON INTERSECTION WITH FRAME 1437, ALSO DRILLED HOLES ON SAME LONG STA 1418 AT AFT ACC COMP. DAMAGE LONGERONS WERE REMOVED NEW LONGERON WERE DRILLED AND ADJUSTED, SPLICE AT STA Y=1418 WAS DRILLED AND ADJUSTED, LONGERONS AND SPLICE WERE TREATED AND PAINTED, WERE INSTALLED IAW SRM 53-02, FIG 18 AND ER/A 517518-14 REV ORIGINAL.

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