Service difficulty report · Spar Cap · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 14, 2014
Submitted
December 15, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N929DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49716
Aircraft time
68,355 hours, 51,620 cycles
System (JASC)
5711 · Wing Spar
Part
Spar Cap
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Wing
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

RT WING REAR SPAR LOWER CAP XRS 164, CRACKED 0.250 INCHES AT LOWER-INBD ATTACH BOLT. REPAIR THE SPAR IAW ER/A 530469-14 AD, REV 0.

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