What was found
VERTICAL FIN SKIN HAS POSSIBLE CRACK LT SIDE STR 10 ABOVE BODY TORQUE BOX BS 1342. REPAIRED CRACK AT BS 1342 STR 10 PER FED EX EA 7-5540-96829.
- Difficulty date
- January 29, 2006
- Submitted
- February 1, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N490FE
- Make and model
- Boeing 727200
- Aircraft serial
- 21493
- Aircraft time
- 39,927 hours, 26,075 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5532 · Vertical Stabilizer, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Vertical Stab
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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