What was found
FOUND FASTENER HOLE ON UPPER ROW COMMON TO SPLICE BAND FROM LT SIDE OF VERTICAL STABILIZER FIXED L/E TO BE OUT OF LIMITS. STA ZFS 52.267, C/W PRI 535916-14, REV 1 AND ER/A 535916-14AD, REV ORIGINAL, LP 1946704.
- Difficulty date
- May 14, 2015
- Submitted
- May 14, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N916DE
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53421
- Aircraft time
- 54,437 hours, 42,413 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5530 · Vertical Stabilizer
- Part
- Structure
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Vertical Stab
- 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.