What was found
DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION, FOUND RT AFT FUSELAGE TAIL HAS 1 INTERCOASTAL WITH A CRACK RUNNING FROM THE UPPER AFT CORNER APPROXIMATELY 1.125 INCH IN LENGTH.
- Difficulty date
- October 19, 2002
- Submitted
- June 7, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N7639U
- Make and model
- Boeing 727222
- Aircraft serial
- 19912
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D5
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Intercostal
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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