What was found
TAILCONE AREA, FOUND FRAME CRACKED AT 9:00 POSITION. REMOVED CRACKED FRAME FROM 9-6:00 O'CLOCK POSITION BEGAN DRILLING REPLACEMENT FRAME. COMPLETED DRILLING FRAME AND INSTALLED PER DWG 5966769-1.
- Difficulty date
- May 19, 2018
- Submitted
- May 20, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N950DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49881
- Aircraft time
- 73,111 hours, 54,738 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Frame
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailcone
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.