What was found
FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED AT UPPER FASTENER IN FORMER 1152 BETWEEN L2-L3 LT LOCATION MARKED. REMOVED DAMAGE FROM FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED AND REPAIRED IAW ER/A 549614-14. REPAIR REQUIRES REPETITIVE INSPECTIONS EVERY 3000 FLIGHT CYCLES.
- Difficulty date
- September 22, 2016
- Submitted
- September 26, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N968AT
- Make and model
- Boeing 717200
- Aircraft serial
- 55029
- Aircraft time
- 42,592 hours, 29,329 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- 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.