What was found
SEVERAL CRACKS ON AFT FUSELAGE WATER PROTECTION LOUVER SHIELD STIFFENER BETWEEN LONGERON 5 & 7L, BS 1463. REPLACED THE STIFFNER IAW DRAWINGS 9911839 AND 995305.
- Difficulty date
- March 3, 2017
- Submitted
- March 3, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N956DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49887
- Aircraft time
- 70,727 hours, 52,677 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Stiffener
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1463
- 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.