What was found
CORROSION ON THE SPLICE PLATE BETWEEN FUSELAGE STATIONS 1034 AND 1040, LEFT BUTT LINE 97. THE SPLICE PLATE WAS REPLACED. THE AIRPLANE WAS GROUNDED.
- Difficulty date
- May 13, 2019
- Submitted
- May 24, 2019
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N740AX
- Make and model
- Boeing 767232
- Aircraft serial
- 22213
- Aircraft time
- 89,115 hours, 42,359 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Splice Plate
- Part number
- 145T88113
- Condition
- Corroded
- 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.