What was found
CTR FUEL TANK UPPER STRINGER 17 RBL 74.81 CRACKED. CONFIRMED WITH HFEC IAW B767 NDTM PART 6 51-00-19 CRACK LENGTH 2.250. REPAIRED STRINGER AREA IAW B767 SRM 57-00-03 AND REA B657-59896-MR, ACFT WAS GROUNDED.
- Difficulty date
- July 6, 2012
- Submitted
- July 13, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N784AX
- Make and model
- Boeing 767281
- Aircraft serial
- 23017
- Aircraft time
- 53,437 hours, 38,837 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5713 · Wing, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Stringer
- Part number
- 111T30071
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Center Fuel Tank
- 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.