What was found
AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE: CRACK ON UPPER FUSELAGE EXTERNAL SKIN PLATE AT FRAME 103A AND S4L. REPLACED SKIN PLATE PER SRM 51-72-11.
- Difficulty date
- March 8, 2020
- Submitted
- March 11, 2020
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N272AY
- Make and model
- Airbus A330323
- Aircraft serial
- 333
- Aircraft time
- 87,671 hours, 12,836 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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.