What was found
VERTICAL STAB LT & RT SKIN CRACKED AT APPROX FS 570, CARRIED FROM 10 17 2013. VERTICAL STAB CRACK REPAIRED IAW ECRA 5530-01728. SKIN PANEL REPAIR, BETWEEN FS 600 TO 612 FIRST STG APP. CONTACT EG AFTER 14 APR 15 & BEFORE 14 JUL 15.
- Difficulty date
- September 2, 2015
- Submitted
- September 3, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N127UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 747422
- Aircraft serial
- 28813
- Aircraft time
- 56,281 hours, 6,537 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4056
- System (JASC)
- 5532 · Vertical Stabilizer, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Vertical Stab
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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