What was found
VERTICAL STABILIZER FRONT SPAR CHORD ZFS52 FATIGUE CRACKS.
- Difficulty date
- March 22, 2010
- Submitted
- April 12, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N915DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49546
- Aircraft time
- 59,115 hours, 46,459 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D219
- Engine time
- 17,691 hours, 33,109 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5531 · Vertical Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Spar
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Vertical Stab
- Part time
- 17,691 hours, 33,109 cycles
- 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.