What was found
WHILE ACCESSING RT RIB ASSY, FOUND SEAL RETAINER END FITTING CRACKED. LOCATED AND DRILLED NEW FITTING AND ASSEMBLED TO BULB SEAL.
- Difficulty date
- May 16, 2016
- Submitted
- May 18, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N809SY
- Make and model
- Boeing 7378Q8
- Aircraft serial
- 30683
- Aircraft time
- 37,631 hours, 15,019 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5720 · Wing Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Fitting
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Seal Retainer
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.