Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 717200

Difficulty date
November 5, 2018
Submitted
November 6, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N922AT
Make and model
Boeing 717200
Aircraft serial
55050
Aircraft time
37,693 hours, 25,541 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Vertical Stab Le
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

THE VERTICAL STAB LEADING EDGE SKIN COMMON TO THE RHS FRONT SPAR IS CRACKED COMMON TO THE 2ND FASTENER HOLE AS SEEN IN FIG 1. AN EXISTING EXTERNAL REPAIR IS INSTALLED ON THE LEADING EDGE SKIN IMMEDIATELY BELOW ZFS=52.267, INSTALLED IN 2016 PER SG95550001 AND AA WORK CARD 5530-01048-03 DOC VIA LOG PAGE 2760104. THIS ER/A REVISION REMOVES THE LIMITED AND PREVIOUS REPAIR DOUBLER AND INSTALLS A SINGLE DOUBLER. COMPLIED WITH ER/A 569539-14AD REV A. (LP #0814729)

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