Service difficulty report · Spar · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
June 16, 2015
Submitted
June 18, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N981DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53268
Aircraft time
63,300 hours, 46,457 cycles
Part
Spar
Condition
Damaged
Location
Horizontal 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.

What was found

ELONGATED HOLE ON UPPER REAR SPAR AT RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER BS XHR=209, HINGE 6, VHS, SM, CARD 6, ZONE 034. DAMAGE ON HOLE, UPPER REAR SPAR WAS REPAIRED IAW ETI-88-15-190 REV ORIG AND ER/A 536434-14.

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