What was found
CRACKED LONGERON 2L BS 1418 AT AFT ACCESSORIES COMPARTMENT. THE LONGERON WAS REMOVED AND A NEW LONGERON WAS FABRICATED, TREATED, PAINTED, AND INSTALLED IAW SRM 53-02, FIG 18, 51-10-3 PARA 21, 14 51-30-5.
- Difficulty date
- May 17, 2015
- Submitted
- May 22, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N978DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53259
- Aircraft time
- 62,823 hours, 46,490 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1418
- 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.