SDR DLM88070441

Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug MD88

Difficulty date: November 22, 2006
Submitted: May 8, 2007
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N940DL
Make and model: Doug MD88
Aircraft serial: 49813
Aircraft time: 47,218 hours, 36,732 cycles
System (JASC): 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
Part: Longeron
Condition: Cracked
Location: Fuselage
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

NOSE LONGERONS 22L THROUGH 26L MODIFICATION (AD 98-24-33) - CRACK FOUND ON LONGERON 25L AT STA 160 WHICH WAS CORRECTED PER SRM 53-02, FIG 18. AS PER DELTA EA 09-069225-12AD, REV C, OPN 0104. ALL FUSELAGE LONGERON FRAME JOINTS FROM STA 160-200 AND LONGERONS 22LH TO 26LH WERE REINFORCED WITH DOUBLERS AND CLIPS AS SHOWN IN EA 09-069225-12AD, REV C, OPN 0105.

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