Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7374Q8

Difficulty date
April 20, 2016
Submitted
May 6, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N760AS
Make and model
Boeing 7374Q8
Aircraft serial
25098
Aircraft time
73,107 hours, 42,063 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
65C337532
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 294-280
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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 IS CRACKED AT THE R1 DOOR LOWER HINGE CUTOUT NDT HAS VERIFIED. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED FUSELAGE SKIN IAW 53-10-01-2R-15. THIS IS A CAT B REPAIR WITH AN INSPECTION THRESHOLD OF 60000 TOTAL FLT CYCLES OR 3,000 FLT CYCLES FROM INSTALLATION OF REPAIR. TOTAL FLT CYCLES AND HRS AT TIME OF REPAIR 42,063 CYCLES 73,106: 32 HRS, FOR INTERVAL AND METHOD, REF D6-38669.

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