Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
February 22, 2001
Submitted
March 21, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N187UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
26876
Aircraft time
40,231 hours, 4,836 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Skin
Part number
65B0277763
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
40,231 hours, 4,836 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

DURING ROUTINE MNTC AT SFO, MECHANIC SAW LIGHT COMING INTO RIGHT SIDE APU BATTERY COMPARTMENT FROM OUTSIDE. UPON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT 65B02777-601 SKIN ASSY WAS CRACKED THRU AT APPROX 3 O''CLOCK POSITION. IT APPEARS THAT THE AFT STR 11(65B02777-63) TO STA 2658 BHD FLANGE ATTACH FASTENERS WERE MISSING, BUT WERE INSTALLED AT ONE TIME. HOLES WERE WORN OVERSIZED THRU STACK-UP. *S/D* REPAIRED 65B02777-63, FRAME FLANGE AND SKIN PER SRM.