What was found
PERMANENT REPAIR FOR DAMAGE TO THE LT WING FRONT SPAR. DAMAGE RESULTED IN SPLICING IN NEW SECTION OF LOWER WING SKIN AT XRS540, SPLICING LOWER SPAR CHORD AT XFS 563 AND LEADING EDGE REPAIR AT XFS 596.
- Difficulty date
- August 2, 2002
- Submitted
- August 14, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N911DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49542
- Aircraft time
- 39,897 hours, 33,658 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5711 · Wing Spar
- Part
- Spar
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Lt 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.