What was found
CRACKED LONGERON 16 AND XCW 18 INSIDE OF CENTER TANK RT SIDE. CRACK ON LONG 16 WAS REPAIRED IAW ER/A 537768-14, REV ORIGINAL AND 537774-14 REV ORIGINAL. REPAIR APPROVAL IS LIMITED TO 24 MONTHS SERVICE FROM DATE OF FAA APPROVAL ONLY.
- Difficulty date
- September 19, 2015
- Submitted
- September 21, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N989DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53341
- Aircraft time
- 60,690 hours, 43,756 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron
- Condition
- Cracked
- 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.