Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7374Q8

Difficulty date
June 11, 2016
Submitted
June 28, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N763AS
Make and model
Boeing 7374Q8
Aircraft serial
25100
Aircraft time
70,518 hours, 47,209 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
65C3236433
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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 IS CRACKED AT CHEM-MILL BELOW STR 22L, STA 727E+3". REQUIRES INTERNAL NDT IAW FIGURE 4 OF GENERATING TASK CARD AFTER ACESSED. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED FUSELAGE SKIN IAW SRM 53-00-01-2R-31 DET VII THIS IS A CATEGORY B REPAIR INITIAL THRESHOLD IS SET FOR 66,000 FLT CYCLES. REFER TO THE OPERATORS REPAIR ASSESSMENT PROGRAM FOR INTERVALS AND METHODS.

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