What was found
L/H ELEVATOR TRIM TAB HAS ELONGATED HOLES AT FWD HINGE POINT.FOUND DURING 'D' CHK.CORRECTIVE ACTION:FAB AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER IAW B727-55-20-2. WEIGH AND BALANCE IAW B727 SRM 51-80-9 FIG. 2.
- Difficulty date
- December 6, 2001
- Submitted
- February 26, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N702NE
- Make and model
- Boeing 727200
- Aircraft serial
- 22460
- Aircraft time
- 53,120 hours, 27,243 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5523 · Elevator, Tab Structure
- Part
- Trim Tab
- Part number
- NPN
- Part serial
- NSN
- Condition
- Damaged
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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