What was found
CRACKED LONGERON 4L BS 1437. THE LONGERON WAS REMOVED, LONGERON FABRICATED AND DRILLED, SPLICE LONGERON WAS TREATED AND PAINTED AND INSTALLED IAW SRM 53-02, FIG 18, 51-10-3 PAR 14 AND 21 AND 51-30-5. CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR REPAIR.
- Difficulty date
- June 19, 2015
- Submitted
- June 22, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N981DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53268
- Aircraft time
- 63,300 hours, 46,457 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1437
- 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.