Service difficulty report · Former · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
January 30, 2016
Submitted
February 1, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N990DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53342
Aircraft time
63,496 hours, 45,933 cycles
Part
Former
Condition
Cracked
Location
Vertical 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

CRACKED FORMERS ON BS ZFS=23 LT SIDE AND BS ZFS=23 AND 36 AT VERTICAL STABILIZER L/E INTERNAL STRUCTURE. CRACKED FORMERS WERE REPAIRED IAW SRM 55-02D, FIG 27.

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