What was found
CRACK AND FLUID INGRESS DETECTED ON RUDDER, PN D554-71004-000-00, SERIAL TS4379, LT SIDE IN ZONE L BETWEEN T/E FASTENERS NR 29 AND NR 30, RAF 2076344-01 OPENED.
- Difficulty date
- March 30, 2016
- Submitted
- April 7, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N528NK
- Make and model
- Airbus A319132
- Aircraft serial
- 2983
- Aircraft time
- 35,754 hours, 16,942 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5540 · Rudder Structure
- Part
- Structure
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Rudder
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- U
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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