Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7374Q8

Difficulty date
July 20, 2016
Submitted
August 12, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N765AS
Make and model
Boeing 7374Q8
Aircraft serial
25102
Aircraft time
70,740 hours, 47,249 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
65C323591
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

VHF NR 2 INTERNAL PAN CRACKED. ACFT GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISHED REPAIRS TO INTERNAL SUPPORT PAN AND FUSELAGE SKIN IAW T/C AD2016-1004-53-3 AND EA AD20161004-400-53-102. THIS IS A CATEGORY B REPAIR WITH 1ST AND 2ND STAGE APPROVAL DTE. STAGE 3 APPROVAL IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE INSPECTION THRESHOLD OF 75,000 TOTAL FLT CYCLES.

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