What was found
CRACK ON EXTERNAL SURFACE OF OVERWING LONG 20 AT AFT END OF THE LT TRAPEZOID PANEL STA Y=994.5. DAMAGE REMOVED AND NO CRACKS FOUND IAW NDT SPM 06-10-01 001. REPAIR PARTS WERE INSTALLED IAW ERA 472714-14 REV ORIG.
- Difficulty date
- January 20, 2009
- Submitted
- February 26, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N976DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53257
- Aircraft time
- 48,241 hours, 36,267 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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.