What was found
CRACKED LONGERON 2L BS 180. DAMAGED WAS REMOVED, A NEW LONGERON AND SPLICE WERE DRILLED, TREATED, PAINTED, AND INSTALLED IAW SRM 51-30-2, 51-30-5, 53-02, FIG 18 51-10-3, PAR 14 AND 21.
- Difficulty date
- March 4, 2016
- Submitted
- March 6, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N993DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53345
- Aircraft time
- 63,480 hours, 45,809 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 180
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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