What was found
VERTICAL FIN TENSION TIE RIB, LT FWD VERTICAL BOLT HOLE IS GOUGED. COMING REPAIRED PER FED EX EA 7-5530-99604 MAJOR REPAIR.
- Difficulty date
- March 14, 2006
- Submitted
- March 16, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N488FE
- Make and model
- Boeing 727200
- Aircraft serial
- 21491
- Aircraft time
- 39,793 hours, 26,597 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5531 · Vertical Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Rib
- Condition
- Gouged
- Location
- Vertical
- 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.