What was found
A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE LEFT ELEVATOR TRAILING EDGE BETWEEN ES 161.49 AND 166.49. A TEMPERARY REPAIR WAS COMPLETED. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.
- Difficulty date
- December 26, 2017
- Submitted
- December 28, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N768AA
- Make and model
- Boeing 777223
- Aircraft serial
- 33540
- Aircraft time
- 47,678 hours, 5,621 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5522 · Elevator, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Elevator
- Part number
- 183W006111
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Left
- 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.