Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
June 30, 2014
Submitted
July 8, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N969DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53172
Aircraft time
61,933 hours, 45,822 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Vertical 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.

What was found

CRACK FOUND ON VERTICAL STABILIZER SKIN STA ZFS=18 LT SIDE FWD SECTION. INSTALLED REPAIR ON THE SKIN IAW SRM 55-01 FIG.2.

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