What was found
CANTED FRAME CRACKED AT TAIL CONE ALIGNMENT PIN JUST BELOW RT UPPER LATCH. REMOVED AND REPLACED AFT FUSELAGE TAIL CONE CANTED ATTACH FRAME.
- Difficulty date
- September 14, 2018
- Submitted
- September 14, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N975DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53243
- Aircraft time
- 71,934 hours, 53,257 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
- Part
- Frame
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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.