What was found
VERTICAL STABILIZER LEFT REAR CENTER SPAR TO REAR SPAR LOWER PANEL FOUND CRACKED. REPAIRED AS PER SRM 55-30-02 REPAIR 2 FIG.201 REV 47. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100 REV 112.
- Difficulty date
- September 7, 2011
- Submitted
- September 14, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N522FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48476
- Aircraft time
- 64,105 hours, 9,861 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5531 · Vertical Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Spar
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Vertical Stab
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.