Service difficulty report · Spar Cap · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
October 6, 2016
Submitted
October 7, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N919DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49584
Aircraft time
73,194 hours, 55,462 cycles
System (JASC)
5711 · Wing Spar
Part
Spar Cap
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Wing
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.

What was found

RT WING REAR SPAR LOWER CAP PER W/C 5710-0110-05A SHOWS A CRACK INDICATION AT 6:30 POSITION TOTAL LENGTH OF CRACK TO BE DETERMINED AFTER DISASSEMBLY PER W/C 57-10-0110-05B. HFEC INSPECTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON RH WING REAR SPAR LOWER CAP ONE CRACK WAS FOUND (LENGTH 0.880 IN) PER W/C 5710-0110-05B EQUIPMENT PHASEC 3D C/N 1381 EXP: 20-OCT-16 AND THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED PER AMDS CARD 5710-0110-06 BOEING DRAWING J060271-510 REV. T AND ER/A 550317-14 AD REV. ORIG. (LP8295892)

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