What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. PVG MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED A CRACK ON RIGHT HAND SIDE FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT GUIDE RAIL, AFT OF FORWARD CARGO DOOR AT STATION 537 AND RBL 64. REPAIRED GUIDE RAIL PER EA 272137A.
- Difficulty date
- July 31, 2017
- Submitted
- August 3, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N815AA
- Make and model
- Boeing 7878
- Aircraft serial
- 40633
- Aircraft time
- 5,467 hours, 562 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Rail
- Part number
- 78730271
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Cargo Bay
- 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.