Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 767332

Difficulty date
March 12, 2001
Submitted
March 29, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N122DL
Make and model
Boeing 767332
Aircraft serial
23436
Aircraft time
45,969 hours, 22,213 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
146T32621
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

THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND WITH A 9.5 INCH CRACK ADJACENT TO THE LOWER AFT VHF ANTENNA AT FS 1197+95 BETWEEN STRINGERS 39L & 39R. THE CRACK WAS REMOVED WITH A CUTOUT AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER ER/A 380276-14, REV A.