Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7374Q8

Difficulty date
June 11, 2016
Submitted
June 29, 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
654577510
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 23R, STA 727E +2". REQUIRES INTERNAL NDT IAW FIG 4 OF GENERATING TC AFTER ACCESSED. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED FUSELAGE SKIN IAW SRM 53-00-01, REP 31. THIS REPAIR IS A CAT B REPAIR WITH INSPECTION THRESHOLD OF 66,000 FLT CYCLES OR 12,000 FLT CYCLES AFTER REPAIR INSTALLATION. ACFT FLT CYCLES AT TIME OF REPAIR 47,209.

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