Service difficulty report · Doubler · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
May 24, 2019
Submitted
May 28, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N912DE
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49997
Aircraft time
64,830 hours, 50,746 cycles
Part
Doubler
Condition
Cracked
Location
Vertical Stab
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.

What was found

AWR: HIDDEN CRACK: DURING MTC WORKS IN REF NRC S/N 00194, CRACK ON INTERNAL FINGERS DOUBLER AT VERTICAL STABILIZER FIXED L/E BELOW THE SPLICE STATION ZFS= 52.267. INTERNAL FINGERS DOUBLER AT VERTICAL STABILIZER FIXED L/E WAS REPLACED PER SRM 51-30-01, 51-30-05 AND ERA 469193-14 REV: A PERMANENT REPAIR. (LP1090319)

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