- Difficulty date
- March 9, 2018
- Submitted
- March 11, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N972DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53215
- Aircraft time
- 71,236 hours, 52,281 cycles
- Part
- Skin Panel
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Horiz Stab
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- E
- 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
5510-01074-11 STEP 14 PERFORMED LFEC INSPECTION OF UPPER RT AFT SKIN PANEL. CRACK INDICATION ACQUIRED CRACK LENGTH 1/4" MARKED. STOP DRILLED CRACK REF SERVICE REWORK DRAWING SR09550028 NOTE 43 INSTRUCTIONS. C/W BHEC OF STOP DRILL- CRACK DOES NOT EXTEND PAST STOP DRILL PER SERVICE REWORK DRAW SR 09550028 NOTE 43 STEP 4. C/W 5510-01074-11 INSTALLED TEMPORARY REPAIR PER 5510-0107424 SERV DRAWING SR 09550028 NOTE 43.