SDR DALA2015040802677

Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug MD88

Difficulty date: April 7, 2015
Submitted: April 8, 2015
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N967DL
Make and model: Doug MD88
Aircraft serial: 53116
Aircraft time: 62,542 hours, 46,648 cycles
System (JASC): 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
Part: Longeron
Condition: Cracked
Location: Bs 160
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

CRACK ON LONGERON 2 LT AT FS Y=160 CABIN PASSENGER, SM, CARD 334 ZONE. SECTION ON LONGERON NR 2 LT DAMAGE WAS REMOVED. NEW SECTION ON LONGERON 2 LT WAS AJUSTED, DRILLED ALSO TREATED AND PAINTED NEW SECTION OF LONGERON AND SPLICE, WAS INSTALLED IAW SRM 51-10-3, PAR 14 AND 21, ALSO SRM 51-3-2 AND 51-30-5 AND SRM 53-2, FIG 18. LP 1895250.

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