What was found
AT MIDVISIT STRINGER 9L AT RIB NR 2 WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED. STOP DRILLED CRACK PER MM 55-30-0 PG 803. BEGAN FAB DOUBLER PER MM 55-30-0, CHEM TREATED PER PS 900-2-4-1 NR 2 INSTALLED DOUBLER PER MM 55-30-0 FIG 803.
- Difficulty date
- July 19, 2000
- Submitted
- July 27, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N545DA
- Make and model
- Boeing 727232
- Aircraft serial
- 22494
- Aircraft time
- 56,114 hours, 41,868 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5531 · Vertical Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Stringer
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Vert Stab
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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