Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7374Q8

Difficulty date
February 22, 2016
Submitted
March 14, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N762AS
Make and model
Boeing 7374Q8
Aircraft serial
25099
Aircraft time
70,700 hours, 46,955 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
6545769
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 485-500a
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

ACFT SKIN APPEARS TO BE CRACKED FWD AND AFT OF NR 2 VHF COMM ANTENNA. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED SKIN FWD, AND AFT OF NR 2 VHF ANTENNA BS 5000 TO 500A IAW EA 400-53EA-16730. THIS REPAIR IS CATEGORY B. FUSELAGE SKIN REPAIR AT VHF-2 ANTENNA LOCATION FROM BS 485 TO BS 500A+10 BETWEEN S-27L AND S-27R. INSPECTION THRESHOLD 75,000 TOTAL FLT. CYCLES. FUSELAGE FRAME REPAIR AT BS 500 BETWEEN S-28L AND S-28R.

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