- Difficulty date
- April 13, 2017
- Submitted
- April 19, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N978DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53259
- Aircraft time
- 67,289 hours, 49,766 cycles
- Part
- Spar
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- 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
WING REAR SPAR CRACKED AT XRS 164, A DOUBLER REPAIR WAS ACCOMPLISHED.
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