What was found
AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE: CRACK IN VERTICAL STABILIZER EXPANSION JOINT (J-ANGLE) LOCATED AT STA 1020, RBL 16. REPLACED EXPANSION JOINT ASSEMBLY PER AARD 55-30-09-3 REPAIR 3.
- Difficulty date
- November 22, 2024
- Submitted
- December 3, 2024
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N956AN
- Make and model
- Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial
- 30090
- Aircraft time
- 67,561 hours, 28,741 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5530 · Vertical Stabilizer
- Part
- Expansion Joint
- Part number
- 176A3101U26
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Zone 300
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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