What was found
INTERCOSTAL CRACKED AT TAIL CONE CABLE ATTACH. REPLACED CRACKED INTERCOSTAL IAW SRM 51-00.
- Difficulty date
- July 13, 2016
- Submitted
- July 14, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N979DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53266
- Aircraft time
- 66,670 hours, 48,663 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Intercostal
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailcone
- 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.