What was found
CRACK OF 2.5"APROX ON STRINGER 17 RT INSIDE FUEL TANK AT XCW=12.0. STRINGER 17 WAS REPAIRED PER ER/A 550338-14 REV ORIGINAL AND ER/A 550337-14 REV ORIGINAL.
- Difficulty date
- October 24, 2016
- Submitted
- October 25, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N909DE
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53418
- Aircraft time
- 59,718 hours, 46,553 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5713 · Wing, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Stringer
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Rt Wing
- 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.