What was found
6 ELONGATED HOLES WERE FOUND COMMON TO THE RT CHORD OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER FRONT SPAR. OVERSIZED AND RE-BUSHED ELONGATED HOLES AS NEEDED IAW ER/A 528085-14AD.
- Difficulty date
- August 8, 2014
- Submitted
- August 22, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N939DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49812
- Aircraft time
- 71,093 hours, 53,320 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5531 · Vertical Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Spar
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Vertical Stab
- 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.