What was found
AWR, HIDDEN DAMAGE, IN REF NRC 00193: CRACKED VENTRAL STAIRWAY TORQUE TUBE SUPPORT BEAM. TORQUE TUBE SUPPORT BEAM WAS REPLACED PER DOUGLAS DWG 9911992 REV AK, AND DC9/MD80 SRM 51-30-01, SRM 51-30 -02 AND SRM 51-30-05. (LP1516189)
- Difficulty date
- March 4, 2020
- Submitted
- March 5, 2020
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N915DE
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53420
- Aircraft time
- 65,277 hours, 51,131 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Support Beam
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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