What was found
ULTRASONIC INSPECTION FOUND CRACK INDICATION ON LOWER VERTICAL STABILIZER #4 BANJO FITTING LEFT HAND SIDE FORWARD FLANGE REPAIR AREA AND UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CRACK LENGTH DUE TO REPAIR BLOCKAGE AT APPROXIMATELY STATION Y = 2164
- Difficulty date
- May 3, 2020
- Submitted
- May 7, 2020
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N615FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48767
- Aircraft time
- 75,443 hours, 18,388 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5534 · Vertical Stabilizer Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Fitting
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Vertical Stab
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- U
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.