What was found
RUDDER HINGE ARM FITTING AND HINGE ARM BEARING 3 HAVE ELONGATED HOLES. RAF-01 244097401 OPENED-PERFORMED PERMANENT REPAIR AS PER SPIRIT AIRLINES EO 5536-1902 (N623NK-PERMANENT REPAIR OF ELONGATED HOLES ON VERTICAL STABILIZER
- Difficulty date
- September 26, 2019
- Submitted
- September 27, 2019
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N623NK
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 5861
- Aircraft time
- 23,015 hours, 10,461 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5540 · Rudder Structure
- Part
- Hinge Fitting
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Rudder
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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