Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 717200

Difficulty date
August 15, 2016
Submitted
August 17, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N959AT
Make and model
Boeing 717200
Aircraft serial
55021
Aircraft time
43,956 hours, 30,214 cycles
Part
Skin
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

CRACK ON EXTERNAL FUSELAGE STA 1133 BETWEEN LONGERON 2-3 LT, CARD 13, ZONE 200. REPAIR WAS ACCOMPLISHED IAW ER/A 547895-14, REV ORIGINAL. LENGTH CRACK 0.200". REPAIR APPROVAL IS LIMITED TO 24 MONTHS SERVICE ONLY. ADDITIONAL ER/A REVISION WITH AMOC IS REQUIRED FOR CONTINUED SERVICE OF THIS REPAIR LONGER THAN 24 MONTHS FROM REPAIR ACCOMPLISHMENT. DAMAGE TOLERANCE ANALYSIS, AND A NEW AMOC, IS REQUIRED IAW PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED BY ADVISORY CIRCULAR 120-43, UNDER LOG 2634653. AMOC APPROVAL TO AD 2007-11-13 IS REQUIRED FOR SERVICE BEYOND 60,000 TOTAL FLIGHT CYCLES UNDER LOG NR 2634665.

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