Service difficulty report · Skate Angle · Boeing 717200

Difficulty date
February 11, 2018
Submitted
December 29, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N945AT
Make and model
Boeing 717200
Aircraft serial
55008
Aircraft time
57,634 hours, 40,491 cycles
Part
Skate Angle
Condition
Cracked
Location
Vertical Stab
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

A CRACK WAS FOUND FORWARD OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER CANTED FRAME AT STA 1189 AT LH SKATE ANGLE ATTACH FASTENER. ACCOMPLISH SECTION II: INITIAL INSPECTION 3800 FLIGHT CYCLES AFTER ACCOMPLISHMENT OF SECTION I: PERMANENT REPAIR. ACCOMPLISH SECTION III: REPETITIVE INSPECTION EVERY 3800 FLIGHT CYCLES AFTER ACCOMPLISHMENT OF SECTION III INITIAL INSPECTION. ASSOCIATED ER/A 00-565522 ADDED FOR AC 9505. SUMMARY: GENERAL VISUAL INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED OR PERMANENT REPAIR AND NO FURTHER DAMAGE NOTED PER ERA 565522-14 REV. ORIG. SECTION III. ATL 23DEC21 INSPECTED STA 1178.225 LONGERON 3L BULKHEAD DOUBLER PER ERA 565522-14 ORIG SEC III. NO FURTHER DAMAGE NOTED. (LP #0421415)

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