What was found
RT VERTICAL STABILIZER FRONT SPAR CAP FORWARD FLANGE, FIRST HOLE BELOW LEADING EDGE SKIN SPLICE IS OUT-OF-ROUND & UNABLE TO PERFORM OPEN-HOLE HFEC INSPECTION. REPAIRED IAW PRI 561916-14AD, REV 0, & 1, AND ER/A 561916-14AD, REV ORIG.
- Difficulty date
- November 3, 2017
- Submitted
- November 6, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N946AT
- Make and model
- Boeing 717200
- Aircraft serial
- 55009
- Aircraft time
- 48,142 hours, 32,900 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5531 · Vertical Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Spar Cap
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Vertical Stab
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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