What was found
(CAN) ON HEAVY C-CHECK, CRACKS NOTED AROUND FASTENER HOLE AT BS 488, STR 3 LT, IN FUSELAGE SKIN.
- Difficulty date
- August 30, 2002
- Submitted
- October 2, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Boeing 72725C
- Aircraft time
- 65,560 hours
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D7B
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Part time
- 66,295 hours, 49,840 cycles
- 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.