What was found
REFERENCE SMC 09, SKIN BULGE AT STATION 1730, STRINGER 43L FOUND TO BE CORROSION. REMOVED DAMAGED SKIN. ACCOMPLISHED NDT OF CUT OUT & EXISTING HOLES IAW NTM PART 6-51-00-01 & NTM PART 6-51-0 0-04.
- Difficulty date
- November 5, 2015
- Submitted
- November 6, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N118UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 747422
- Aircraft serial
- 28811
- Aircraft time
- 67,052 hours, 7,753 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4056
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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