Service difficulty report · Spar Cap · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 20, 2018
Submitted
December 21, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N975DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53243
Aircraft time
72,484 hours, 53,733 cycles
Part
Spar Cap
Condition
Cracked
Location
Vertical Stab
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

BHEC INSPECTION SHOWS CRACK INDICATIONS IN LH VERTICAL STABILIZER FRONT SPAR CAP FORWARD FLANGE AT 3RD FASTENER HOLE BELOW ZFS=52.267 SPLICE AND 14TH HOLE BELOW SPLICE. MARKED. REF STEP 2 OF 5530-01045-0602. REPAIRED REF ERA 498510-14AD REV A AND 498493-14AD REV A. (LP0871796)

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