What was found
CRACK IN FUSELAGE, AFT LEFT SIDE, 20 INCHES FWD OF TAIL JETTISON HANDLE. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER REF SRM 53-01, FIG 4 SHT 4.
- Difficulty date
- February 13, 2018
- Submitted
- February 14, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N996DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53363
- Aircraft time
- 68,163 hours, 49,035 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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