SDR DALA2016062504929

Service difficulty report · Longeron Splice · Doug MD88

Difficulty date: June 23, 2016
Submitted: June 27, 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 Splice
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.

What was found

AWR, HIDDEN DAMAGE. CRACKED LONGERON SPLICE ON LONGERON 30 BETWEEN Y=1287 AND Y=1309 AT AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT. LONGERON SPLICE WAS REMOVED, FABRICATED NEW SPLICE ADJUSTED AND DRILLED, INSTALL AND APPLIED CIC IAW SRM 51-30-5,53-02 PAR 12, 5I-IO-4, 51-10-3 PAR 38 AND DWG 3913291, REV F.

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