What was found
CRACKED VERTICAL STABILIZER SPAR CAP ON WEB BS 1463 CANT POS 11 HRS AT AFT ACCESORIES COMPARTMENT. VERTICAL STABILIZER SPAR CAP WAS REPAIRED IAW ER/A 543145-14, REV ORIGINAL AND ETI 88-16-059, REV 7, LENGHT CRACK 6".
- Difficulty date
- March 21, 2016
- Submitted
- March 23, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N993DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53345
- Aircraft time
- 63,480 hours, 45,809 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5531 · Vertical Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Spar Cap
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Vertical Stab
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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