What was found
VERTICAL STABILIZER LEADING EDGE SPAR CAP CARCK. REPETITIVE INSPECTION NEEDS TO BE PERFORMED EVERY 3000 FLIGHT CYCLES, THIS IS INCORPORATED INTO ER/A 585429-14. (LP1497972)
- Difficulty date
- February 20, 2020
- Submitted
- February 21, 2020
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N907DE
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53416
- Aircraft time
- 70,116 hours, 51,615 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5531 · Vertical Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- 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.