What was found
CRACKED LONGERON 9 RT, STA Y=1431, CANT AT AFT ACC COMPARTMENT. NEW LONGERON WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 51-30-2 AND 51-30-5. HFEC 01, CRACK OF 0.2" OF LENGTH ON LONGERON IAW NDT SPM 06-10-01.001.
- Difficulty date
- June 16, 2016
- Submitted
- June 18, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N998DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53370
- Aircraft time
- 64,043 hours, 46,120 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.