Service difficulty report · Spar Cap · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 19, 2015
Submitted
December 21, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N992DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53344
Aircraft time
61,722 hours, 44,342 cycles
Part
Spar Cap
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

PREVIOUS TOOL DAMAGE ON NEW RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER REAR SPAR UPPER CAP XHS=115. REAR SPAR UPPER CAP WAS REPAIRED IAW ER/A 541579-14AD, REV ORIGINAL ETI-88-15-435, REV 2.

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