What was found
ON UPPER LEADING EDGE PANEL NUMEROUS HOLES WERE FOUND ELONGATED, WITH VISIBLE CRACKS IN THE COUNTERSINKS OF THE FASTENERS. REPAIRED ON ER/A 478045-14 ORIG: VERTICAL STABLIZER / UPPER FIXED LEADING EDGE / ZFS=52 / HOLE DAMAGE.
- Difficulty date
- November 3, 2009
- Submitted
- November 19, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N924DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49711
- Aircraft time
- 55,691 hours, 43,108 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5532 · Vertical Stabilizer, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 59306091
- Condition
- Damaged
- 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.