What was found
DURING PREFLIGHT, FOUND VERTICAL STABILIZER L/E CRACKED AT STA ZFS 292 CTR LINE. REPLACED CRACKED L/E WITH INTERIM REPAIR IAW FVCI DWG NR 55-10165-1.
- Difficulty date
- May 1, 2010
- Submitted
- May 3, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N71CX
- Make and model
- Doug DC862F
- Aircraft serial
- 45961
- Aircraft time
- 75,615 hours, 19,265 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT3D3
- System (JASC)
- 5532 · Vertical Stabilizer, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Vertical Stab
- Part time
- 75,615 hours
- 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.