What was found
CRACKED LONGERON 16L, BS 1437 AT ACC. CRACKED LONGERON SECTION WAS REPLACED IAW DC-9/MD-80 SRM 53-14-4, FIG 2, 51-30-2, 51-30-5 PAR 8 AND 7.
- Difficulty date
- April 24, 2016
- Submitted
- April 26, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N997DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53364
- Aircraft time
- 63,601 hours, 45,748 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1437
- 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.