What was found
HORZIONTAL STAB CONSTANT SECTION RT SIDE AFT UPPER SPAR CAP FITTING, HAS A CRACK APPROX 1" IN LENGTH, JUST INBD OF ATTACH BOLT. R & R SECTION OF UPPER SPAR CAP REF EA 8-5510-163913.
- Difficulty date
- December 2, 2012
- Submitted
- December 5, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N389FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD1010F
- Aircraft serial
- 46623
- Aircraft time
- 78,648 hours, 32,891 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5511 · Horizontal Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Spar Cap
- Part number
- ALC72021
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Zone 300
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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