Service difficulty report · Rib · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 12, 2015
Submitted
December 14, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N992DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53344
Aircraft time
61,722 hours, 44,342 cycles
Part
Rib
Condition
Damaged
Location
Horizontal 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

ELONGATED HOLE ON RIB AT RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER OUTER CONSTANT SECTION REAR SPAR BS XH=27.234 ELONGATED HOLE WAS REPAIR IAW ETI-88-15-418 AND ER/A 541547-14, REV ORIGINAL.

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