Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7374Q8

Difficulty date
November 27, 2015
Submitted
December 2, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N765AS
Make and model
Boeing 7374Q8
Aircraft serial
25102
Aircraft time
69,108 hours, 45,873 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
65C3579513
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

SKIN IS CRACKED AT BS 727F +1 AT S21R. ACFT GROUNDED. CUTOUT AND REPAIRED DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE SKIN AT BS 727F+1 AND STR 21R IAW SRM 53-00-01, REP 31. THIS IS A CATEGORY B REPAIR WITH AN INSPECTION THRESHOLD OF 66,000 FLT CYCLES REFER TO OPERATORS REPAIR ASSESSMENT PROGRAM FOR METHODS AND INTERVALS.

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