What was found
INSPECTION TYPE: C, UPPER RUDDER ASSY LWR BHD INTERIOR WEB SKIN CRACKED TWO LOCATIONS AT RED MARKED. UPPER RUDDER ASSY LOWER BULKHEAD WEB INT SKIN WEB REPAIRED AS PER SRM 51-40-02 FIG 1.
- Difficulty date
- May 15, 2003
- Submitted
- May 30, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N521UP
- Make and model
- Boeing 747200
- Aircraft serial
- 21944
- Aircraft time
- 70,081 hours, 16,930 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5540 · Rudder Structure
- Part
- Bulkhead
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Rudder
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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