What was found
CRACK .125 INCHES, ON LT DORSAL FIN ATTACH FITTING LOCATED ON UPPER AFT SIDE OF BS 1437 BULKHEAD. LEFT DORSAL FITTING WAS REPLACE IAW SRM 51-30-5.
- Difficulty date
- June 20, 2014
- Submitted
- June 24, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N963DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49982
- Aircraft time
- 63,395 hours, 47,455 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5342 · Fuselage, Stabilizer Attach Fittings
- Part
- Attach Fitting
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1437
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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