What was found
VERTICAL STABILIZER FRONT SPAR RT CHORD CRACKED THROUGH THREE FASTENER HOLES AT ZFS=52. DAMAGE CUT OUT OF FLANGE AND REINFORCED WITH A REPAIR ANGLE.
- Difficulty date
- October 20, 2008
- Submitted
- October 23, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N941DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49814
- Aircraft time
- 52,000 hours, 39,871 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5531 · Vertical Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Spar
- Part number
- 5911394504
- 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.