What was found
WHILE WORKING RUDDER TRIM ACTUATOR REPLACEMENT, FOUND VERTICAL FIN WEB CRACKED UNDER WASHER HOLDING THE PRESSURE SEAL FOR THE RTB CABLE AT FIN STA 87. *S/D* REPAIRED PER FEDEX EA 7-5330-96598.
- Difficulty date
- March 7, 2006
- Submitted
- March 8, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N488FE
- Make and model
- Boeing 727200
- Aircraft serial
- 21491
- Aircraft time
- 39,793 hours, 26,597 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5534 · Vertical Stabilizer Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Web
- 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.