- Difficulty date
- October 17, 2013
- Submitted
- December 3, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N127UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 747422
- Aircraft serial
- 28813
- Aircraft time
- 56,281 hours, 6,537 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4056
- Part
- Bulkhead
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Vertical Stab
- 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.
What was found
VERTICAL STAB REAR BULKHEAD AT LT SPAR TEE FOUND CRACKED. REPAIRED SPAR.