What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS IN BASE MAINTENANCE. WHILE PERFORMING J1724AB A CRACK INDICATION WAS OBSERVED IN THE FUSELAGE EXTERNAL SKIN AT STA 540 AND S22R. REPAIRED SKIN IAW SB 737-53-1294 AND EA 260495.
- Difficulty date
- June 17, 2016
- Submitted
- June 21, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N918AN
- Make and model
- Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial
- 29519
- Aircraft time
- 49,939 hours, 20,251 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 143A006019
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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.