What was found
DURING A HEAVY MX VISIT CRACK INDICATION WITH EDDY CURRENT VERT STAB L/E UPPER SECTION. STOP DRILLED CRACK IAW SRM 55-02 FIG 27. FABRICATED REPAIR PARTS OUT OF 2024-T3 .050 AND .040. ITEM RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- December 18, 2009
- Submitted
- December 18, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Filed by
- ABXR001A
Airborne Maintenance & Engineering Services Inc - Aircraft
- N327US
- Make and model
- Doug DC933F
- Aircraft serial
- 47414
- Aircraft time
- 5,609 hours, 52,262 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5530 · Vertical Stabilizer
- Part
- Structure
- Part number
- 99118231
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Vertical Stab
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- E
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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