Service difficulty report · Stringer · Boeing 767281

Difficulty date
July 19, 2012
Submitted
July 31, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N797AX
Make and model
Boeing 767281
Aircraft serial
23147
Aircraft time
55,893 hours, 41,567 cycles
Part
Stringer
Part number
143T30016
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

STRINGER 8L HAS A 4 INCH CRACK AT THE UPPER RADIUS LOCATED AT THE AFT SPLICE PLATE STA 676. REPAIRED STRINGER 8 IAW REA 653-59940-MR, ACFT WAS GROUNDED.