What was found
CRACKED LT RIB ON VERTICAL STABILIZER FIXED L/E STA ZFS STA ZFS 49.6. RIB WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 55-02, FIG 27.
- Difficulty date
- February 11, 2015
- Submitted
- February 12, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N971DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53214
- Aircraft time
- 62,201 hours, 45,832 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5531 · Vertical Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Rib
- 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.