What was found
AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE: CRACK IN VERTICAL STABILIZER FIXED LEADING EDGE EXPANSION JOINT ASSEMBLY AT STA 1007.65, RBL 11. REPLACED JOINT ASSEMBLY PER AARD 51-00-05-1 REPAIR 1 AND EA 357838.
- Difficulty date
- September 15, 2024
- Submitted
- September 16, 2024
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N953AN
- Make and model
- Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial
- 29539
- Aircraft time
- 63,584 hours, 26,779 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5532 · Vertical Stabilizer, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 176A310117
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Zone 300
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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