- Difficulty date
- June 13, 2000
- Submitted
- June 30, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N954UP
- Make and model
- Boeing 727185C
- Aircraft serial
- 19827
- Aircraft time
- 60,542 hours, 51,932 cycles
- Part
- Spar
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Horizontal Stab
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- E
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
INSPECTION TYPE:C+SI LT HOROZONTAL STAB, FRONT SPAR LOWER CHORD CRACKED @ LE STA 236 - 248. HFEC C/O IAW B727 NDT MANUAL, PT6, 51-00-00, FIG 4. CRACK ENDS MARKED BEFORE REPAIR AND POST DAMAGE REMOVAL. NO DEFECTS FOUND. REPAIR C/O IAW SRM 55-10-5