Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 767232

Difficulty date
November 9, 2009
Submitted
March 29, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N744AX
Make and model
Boeing 767232
Aircraft serial
22221
Aircraft time
79,356 hours, 36,367 cycles
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.

What was found

RT FUSELAGE AROUND STA 1660 JUST ABOVE THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LEADING EDGE THERE IS BUBBLED UP PAINT WITH BARE METAL EXPOSED WITH POSSIBLE CRACK INDICATION ON THE SKIN. REPAIRED CRACKED AREA ON RT FUSELAGE AROUND STA 1660. P/N 148T3131-4, 1.0 CRACK LENGTH.