What was found
CORROSION ON LONG 29L STA Y=1287 BELOW FRAME CLIP AT AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT. DAMAGED LONGERON WAS REMOVED, NEW LONGERON SECTION AND SPLICES WERE DRILLED, TREATED, PAINTED AND INSTALLED IAW ER/A 521207-14 REV A.
- Difficulty date
- February 28, 2014
- Submitted
- November 10, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N959DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49978
- Aircraft time
- 68,898 hours, 51,642 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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.