What was found
DURING SEVERE TURBULANCE INSPECTION, FOUND APPROXIMATELY 6" CRACK AT AIR INLET LT SIDE AT BASE OF VERTICAL. WELDED APU AIR INLET IAW ERA 382101-14MA. ACCOMPLISHED FPI OF WELDED AERA IAW PS 900-6-3, NR 2.
- Difficulty date
- December 28, 2015
- Submitted
- December 29, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N929DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49716
- Aircraft time
- 71,039 hours, 53,494 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4950 · APU Bleed Air System
- Part
- Inlet
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Apu
- 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.