What was found
BS 2598 H/S RT RBL 40" REAR SPAR UPPER I/B OF HINGE FITTING OPEN HOLE. OVERSIZE TO 0.403", USED BACB30 US6K21Y BOLT. CARRIED OUT NDT TEST OF THE OPEN OVERSIZE HOLE FOUND SATISFACTORY.
- Difficulty date
- August 31, 2007
- Submitted
- September 4, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N528MC
- Make and model
- Boeing 7472D7B
- Aircraft serial
- 22472
- Aircraft time
- 80,646 hours, 16,068 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5510 · Horizontal Stabilizer Structure
- Part
- Hinge Fitting
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Horizontal Stab
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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