Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7373T0

Difficulty date
February 7, 2007
Submitted
February 8, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14358
Make and model
Boeing 7373T0
Aircraft serial
23943
Aircraft time
48,180 hours, 44,838 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
6545800
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

INSPECTION FOUND A 1.875 INCH CRACK IN FORWARD GALLEY DOOR CUTOUT LOWER CORNER FUSELAGE FRAME SKIN, STA 330, L17R. AN INTERIM REPAIR WAS PERFORMED IAW ECRA 5331-01286 AND A DIP WAS ISSUED TO ACCOMPLISH A REPEAT INSPECTION WITH AN INTERVAL NOT TO EXCEED 60,000 FLIGHT CYCLES AND AT SUBSEQUENT INTERVALS NOT TO EXCEED 24,000 FLIGHT CYCLES.