What was found
DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF PREVENTIVE MOD. PER E.O. 4-70183-3 THE UPPER AND LOWER SKIN PANELS WERE FOUND WORN FROM REPETITIVE DISASSIMBLY. MANY ATTACHMENT HOLES WERE OVERSIZED. REPAIR PER ER/A 397029-14AD
- Difficulty date
- November 27, 2000
- Submitted
- November 30, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N522DA
- Make and model
- Boeing 727232
- Aircraft serial
- 21582
- Aircraft time
- 64,936 hours, 49,302 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5521 · Elevator, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Skin Panel
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Horizontal Stab.
- Component
- Elevator Skins · 657278420
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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