What was found
CRACKED CHANNELS AT REAR SPAR LT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER BETWEEN BS XHS = 23 TO 38 AND XHS= 62 APPROXIMATE CHANNELS WERE REPLACED IAW SRM 55-12-0D, FIG 4; 51-10-3, PAR 21 AND 14; 51-30-2 AND 51-10-2.
- Difficulty date
- March 17, 2016
- Submitted
- March 18, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N904DE
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53409
- Aircraft time
- 62,883 hours, 45,830 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5510 · Horizontal Stabilizer Structure
- Part
- Channel
- Condition
- Cracked
- 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.