What was found
INITIAL INSPECTION: CRACKED SPLICE AND ANGLE STA XRS=164 AT RT WING FRONT SPAR. SPLICE AND ANGLE AT STA XRS=164 ON RT WING FRONT SPAR WERE REPLACED PER PER SRM 51-30-5, ER/A378293-14 REV. ORIG. AND DWG 9937517 REV J. (LP0785943)
- Difficulty date
- October 15, 2018
- Submitted
- October 17, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N970DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53173
- Aircraft time
- 72,017 hours, 53,135 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5711 · Wing Spar
- Part
- Splice
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Rt Wing
- 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.