What was found
VERTICAL FIN STR 8L AT FIN STA 180 IS CRACKED.
- Difficulty date
- December 11, 2003
- Submitted
- December 11, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N287FE
- Make and model
- Boeing 727200
- Aircraft serial
- 21849
- Aircraft time
- 36,024 hours, 24,445 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5531 · Vertical Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Stringer
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Vertical Stab
- 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.