What was found
THE TAIL CONE LOWER SKIN HAS CRACK AND DENT JUST AFT OF THE APU COMPARTMENT. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER.
- Difficulty date
- December 30, 2001
- Submitted
- January 16, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N198UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 747422
- Aircraft serial
- 28716
- Aircraft time
- 19,480 hours, 2,373 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4056
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Cone
- 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.