What was found
DURING CHECK, A CRACK FOUND ON RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER REAR SPAR CAP APPROXIMATELY STA XE 14.525. SPAR CAP REPLACED IAW DWG SR09550030, REV "C" CONFIG. 7006.
- Difficulty date
- December 21, 2013
- Submitted
- December 23, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N962DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49981
- Aircraft time
- 62,840 hours, 46,648 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5511 · Horizontal Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Spar Cap
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Horizontal Stab
- 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.