What was found
AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE: TWO CRACKS IN RUDDER SKIN LOCATED ON RIGHT SIDE, FROM RUDDER STA 254 TO STA 260. REPAIRED SKIN PER SRM 55-40-01-2R REPAIR 1 AND EA 366887.
- Difficulty date
- August 19, 2025
- Submitted
- August 29, 2025
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N972AN
- Make and model
- Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial
- 30097
- Aircraft time
- 67,795 hours, 28,668 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5542 · Rudder, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Zone 300
- Component
- Rudder · Boeing
- Component part number
- 173A01038
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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