What was found
DURING HMV, SEVERAL DENTS WERE FOUND IN THE FUSELAGE SKIN BETWEEN STA 1400 AND 1480 BETWEEN S-24L AND S-25L. THE DENTS WERE REPAIRED PER BOEING INSTRUCTIONS.
- Difficulty date
- March 16, 2009
- Submitted
- March 18, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N712TW
- Make and model
- Boeing 7572Q8
- Aircraft serial
- 27624
- Aircraft time
- 38,901 hours, 13,622 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 146N34102
- Condition
- Dented
- Location
- Bs 1400-1480
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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