What was found
TAIL UPPER VERTICAL LE HAS 1 EACH 1/4" FASTENER HOLE CRACKED & DAMAGED ABOVE ZFS=52.267 SPLICE, LT SIDE, 14TH FASTENER HOLE. INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR IAW SRM 55-03-00 FIG 30.
- Difficulty date
- August 16, 2015
- Submitted
- August 17, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N964TW
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 53614
- Aircraft time
- 44,683 hours, 21,425 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
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.