Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7374Q8

Difficulty date
October 28, 2014
Submitted
November 4, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N764AS
Make and model
Boeing 7374Q8
Aircraft serial
25101
Aircraft time
67,511 hours, 43,587 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
65C357976
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 947-967
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

FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED AT R2 DOOR CUTOUT FS 947.5+ 10 AT STRINGER 17R. CRACK ORIGINATES UNDER DOOR THRESHOLD AND TERMINATES AT FASTENER JUST FWD OF THRESHOLD PLATE. VERIFIED CRACK WITH HFEC PER BOEING NDT MANUAL PART 6, 51-00-00 PROCEDURE 23. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED R2 DOOR CUTOUT AT 947.5+10 AT STR 17R IAW SRM 53-00-01-2R-32, REPAIR 32, THIS IS A CATEGORY B REPAIR THAT REQUIRES INSPECTION AT 24,000 FLIGHT CYCLE INTERVALS WITH A THRESHOLD OF 66,000 FLIGHT CYCLES CURRENT FLIGHT CYCLES IS 30,507 AT TIME OF REPAIR COMPLETED.

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