What was found
RUDDER HINGE (FITTING ON FRONT RUDDER SPAR) IS GOUGED. BLENDED GOUGES IAW ECRA 5530-01705 AND EA 130685. ACCOMPLISHED HFEC IAW NTM 51-00-19, PT 6, NO DEFECTS NOTED.
- Difficulty date
- July 2, 2013
- Submitted
- July 7, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N535UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 25130
- Aircraft time
- 72,480 hours, 26,621 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2040
- System (JASC)
- 5541 · Rudder, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Spar
- Condition
- Gouged
- Location
- Rudder
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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