Service difficulty report · Structure · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
September 1, 2016
Submitted
September 2, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N976DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53257
Aircraft time
66,790 hours, 49,029 cycles
Part
Structure
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.

What was found

DURING INSPECTION, FOUND ALL HOLES IN BOTH FASTENER ROWS BELOW ZFS 52.267 ELONGATED. REPAIRED ELONGATED HOLES IAW SECTION I, PERMANENT REPAIR OF ER/A 550371-14AD, REV ORIGINAL.

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