What was found
CRACK ON VERTICAL STABILIZER L/E RT SIDE BS 1401 BESIDE TO DORSAL ANGLE. CRACK WAS STOP DRILLED, DOUBLER WAS FABRICATED, TREATED AND PAINTED, AND INSTALLED IAW SRM 55-01.
- Difficulty date
- January 27, 2015
- Submitted
- January 29, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N979DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53266
- Aircraft time
- 62,914 hours, 46,015 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5532 · Vertical Stabilizer, Plate/Skin
- 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.