What was found
CRACK ON VERTICAL STABILIZER SKIN LT SIDE BETWEEN BS XFS=12 TO XFS=17, JUST UP TO RAM AIR DUCT. VERTICAL STABILIZER SKIN LT SIDE BETWEEN XFS=12-17 WAS REPAIRED IAW 55-01, FIG 2, 51-10-3, PARA 14, 21, 51-30-8.
- Difficulty date
- November 6, 2015
- Submitted
- November 7, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N986DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53313
- Aircraft time
- 62,489 hours, 45,344 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5532 · Vertical Stabilizer, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Vertical Stab
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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