SDR DALA2014082204795

Service difficulty report · Frame · Doug MD88

Difficulty date: August 20, 2014
Submitted: August 27, 2014
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N970DL
Make and model: Doug MD88
Aircraft serial: 53173
Aircraft time: 62,279 hours, 45,958 cycles
System (JASC): 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
Part: Frame
Condition: Cracked
Location: Bs 1380
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 ON FRAME ANGLE BS 1380, BETWEEN LONGERONS 15 - 16R. PNEUMATIC DUCT AND VALVE FLOW CONTROL WERE REMOVED EXHAUST DUCT APU WAS REMOVED. FRAME ANGLE WAS REMOVED, FABRICATED, TREATED, PAINTED, AND INSTALLED IAW AMM AND SRM 36-00-00-201, 49-80-01, 51-30-2, 51-30-05, 51-10-2 DWG 9912246, REV C4 AND 51-10-3, PAR 14, 21.

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