Service difficulty report · Stringer · Boeing 767232

Difficulty date
May 13, 2019
Submitted
May 31, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N740AX
Make and model
Boeing 767232
Aircraft serial
22213
Aircraft time
89,115 hours, 42,359 cycles
Part
Stringer
Part number
146T300270
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

CORROSION, CRACK, AND GOUGE IN STRINGER 29R AT FUSELAGE STATIONS 1480 AND 1496. THE STRINGER WAS REPAIRED. THE AIRPLANE WAS GROUNDED.