Service difficulty report · Spar · Doug MD88

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
Part
Spar
Part number
59111394504
Condition
Cracked
Location
Vertical Stab
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

CRACK INDICATION FOUND AT TWO HOLES COMMON TO THE VERTICAL STABILIZER FRONT SPAR LIGHT AND RT CHORDS, AT LOWER SKIN PANEL. THE TWO DAMAGED HOLES ARE EXACTLY SITUATED AT THE UPPER MOST LOCATION OF THE SKIN PANEL (6TH HOLE FROM BOTTOM OF THE INSPECTION AREAS ON BOTH SIDES). REPAIRED ON ER/A 478044-14 ORIG: VERTICAL STABILIZER / FRONTSPAR / RT AND LT CHORD / ZFS=52 / FATIGUE CRACKS.

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