What was found
CRACKED RIBS AT VERTICAL STABILIZER L/E STA ZFS 23.500 AND STA ZFS 17.656. CRACKED RIBS WERE REPAIRED IAW SRM 55-02, FIG 27.
- Difficulty date
- February 20, 2015
- Submitted
- February 23, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N977DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53258
- Aircraft time
- 62,888 hours, 46,355 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5531 · Vertical Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Rib
- Condition
- Cracked
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.