What was found
LEFT VERTICAL STAB PANEL 322AL HAS CRACK 13.5 INCHES LONG, 4.25 INCHES BELOW TOP OF PANEL AND 9 INCHES AFT OF CENTER LINE. REMOVED AND REPAIRED PANEL.
- Difficulty date
- October 7, 2008
- Submitted
- October 15, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N814UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A319131
- Aircraft serial
- 862
- Aircraft time
- 35,513 hours, 13,508 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2522A5
- System (JASC)
- 5532 · Vertical Stabilizer, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Panel
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Vertical Stab
- 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.