- Difficulty date
- February 15, 2015
- Submitted
- February 17, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N765AS
- Make and model
- Boeing 7374Q8
- Aircraft serial
- 25102
- Aircraft time
- 67,313 hours, 44,406 cycles
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 65C3236523
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 727e-727f
- 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
CRACK IN FUSELAGE SKIN FOUND 10 INCHES ABOVE S-25R LOCATION 727F+ 18 TO 727F + 20 RIGHT ABOVE EDGE OF SR- 24R VERIFIED CRACK WITH HFEC PART 6. CHUBBARD 57797. GROUNDED - YES. (RESOLVED ON W/O: 289152 TASKCARD: N/R-00001 ) REPAIRED CRACK IN FUSELAGE SKIN @ S25R, 727F IAW B737 400 SRM 53 00 01 2R 31 DETAIL VII CATEGORY B REPAIR 60,000 CYCLES THRESHOLD FOR METHODS AND INTERVALS REFER TO THE OPERATORS REPAIR ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.