What was found
CRACK FOUND ON LONGERON 12L AT BS 1437. LONGERON REMOVED, NEW SECTION AND SPLICE WERE DRILLED, ADJUSTED, TREATED, PAINTED, AND INSTALLED IAW SRM 51-30-2, 51-30-5, 51-10-4, 53-02 FIG. 18 AND 51-10-3 PAR 21 AND 14.
- Difficulty date
- July 5, 2014
- Submitted
- July 9, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N969DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53172
- Aircraft time
- 61,933 hours, 45,822 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.