What was found
LEFT AFT FUSELAGE- 8" AFT OF EMERGENCY LIGHT, 2.5 INCH LONG CRACK IN SKIN. REPAIRED PER SRM 53-00-01 REPAIR 31, PROCEDURE 5, INITIATED DIP TO INSPECT EVERY 4,000 FLIGHT CYCLES AFTER INITIAL SCHEDULED INSPECTION.
- Difficulty date
- April 13, 2008
- Submitted
- April 14, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N14639
- Make and model
- Boeing 737524
- Aircraft serial
- 28900
- Aircraft time
- 64,651 hours, 33,211 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 6545774
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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