Service difficulty report · Scoop · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
September 1, 2015
Submitted
September 2, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N989DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53341
Aircraft time
60,690 hours, 43,756 cycles
Part
Scoop
Condition
Cracked
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.

What was found

ACFT HAS A CRACK ON VERTICAL STABILIZER INTAKE AIR SCOOP LT SIDE APPROXIMATELY BS Y=1478. CRACK ON VERTICAL STABILIZER INTAKE AIR SCOOP LT SIDE APPROXIMATELY BS=Y=1478 WAS REPAIRED AND FPI WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND WELDED AREA OF INTAKE AIR SCOOP LT SIDE NO CRACKS WERE FOUND IAW ER/A 420329-14MA, REV C. PERFORM REPETITIVE VISUAL INSPECTIONS WITHIN EVERY "C"-CHECK, LIMIT 4000 FLIGHT HOURS OR 547 DAYS IAW ER/A 420329-14MA, REV C.

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