What was found
AN EXISTING FUSELAGE SKIN BLENDED AREA WAS FOUND WITH A CRACK AT THE CENTER OF THE BLEND OUT. THE CRACKED AREA OF SKIN WAS CUT OUT AND A REPAIR DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED.
- Difficulty date
- April 27, 2006
- Submitted
- July 5, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N679DA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757232
- Aircraft serial
- 26955
- Aircraft time
- 45,158 hours, 20,704 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 143N31313
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 562 S2r
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.