Service difficulty report · Scoop · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
August 29, 2015
Submitted
September 28, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N989DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53341
Aircraft time
60,706 hours, 43,767 cycles
Part
Scoop
Condition
Cracked
Location
Intake
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

A CRACK FOUN ON WELD OF VERTICAL STABILIZER INTAKE AIR SCOOP APPROXIMATELY BS ZFS=11.562. CRACKS ON VERTICAL STAB INTAKE AIR SCOPP APPROXIMATELY STA ZFS 11.562 WERE WELDED AND FPI WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON WELDED AREAS AND NO CRACK WERE FOUND IAW MD SRM 55-05 PAR 4C.

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