What was found
DURING INSPECTION PER EO 09-470871-12 FOUND RT VERTICAL SPAR CHORD CRACKED AT ONE FASTENER HOLE ABOVE ZFS=52. HOLE WAS OVER SIZED AND BUSHED PER ER/A 476785-14 ORIG.
- Difficulty date
- August 31, 2009
- Submitted
- September 3, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N956DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49887
- Aircraft time
- 52,467 hours, 39,915 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5531 · Vertical Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Spar
- Part number
- 9911394504
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Vertical Stab
- 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.