Service difficulty report · Spar Cap · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
September 22, 2017
Submitted
September 25, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N916DE
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53421
Aircraft time
60,160 hours, 46,589 cycles
Part
Spar Cap
Condition
Cracked
Location
Vertical Stab
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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

ONE CRACK INDICATION ON HOLE AT STA ZFS=57.767 AT VERTICAL STABILIZER FRONT SPAR CAP FWD FLANGE RT SIDE. ONE CRACK INDICATION ON HOLE AT STA ZFS=57.767 AT VERTICAL STABILIZER FRONT SPAR CAP FWD FLANGE. RT SIDE WAS REPAIRED PER ETI-88-17-226 REV 2 AND ER/A 560902-14AD REV ORIGINAL.

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