What was found
CRACKED LONGERON 16L BS 1437 . LONGERON WAS REMOVED AND A NEW LONGERON WAS WAS DRILLED. THE NEW LONGERON WAS TREATED AND PAINTED AND WAS INSTALLED IAW AMM AND SRM 54-20-00, 51-30-5, 51-10-4 AND 51-10-3 PAR 14-21.
- Difficulty date
- January 21, 2015
- Submitted
- January 23, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N971DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53214
- Aircraft time
- 62,201 hours, 45,832 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1437
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.