SDR ABXA20150629129

Service difficulty report · Skin Panel · Boeing 767232

Difficulty date: June 29, 2015
Submitted: October 7, 2015
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N745AX
Make and model: Boeing 767232
Aircraft serial: 22222
Aircraft time: 83,258 hours, 39,168 cycles
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin Panel
Part number: 148T73211
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

AFT FUSELAGE EXTERNAL SKIN IS CRACKED, AT STATION 1735 FWD OF LT LOWER STAB FAIRING, SEEN FROM INSIDE. REMOVED SKIN PANELS 148T7321-1 & 148T7320-17. INSTALLED NEW SKIN PIECES. SDR INFO, CRACKED 1.5", PN 148T7321-1, SN N/A, PART NAME SKIN PANEL, FS LOCATION ON ACFT, LT FUSELAGE STATION 1737. ACFT WAS GNDED.