Service difficulty report · Pressure Panel · Lkheed 10113851

Difficulty date
August 26, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N728DA
Make and model
Lkheed 10113851
Aircraft serial
193C1173
Part
Pressure Panel
Part number
1542396
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 378
Stage of operation
IN
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 HORIZTONAL PRESSURE DECK PANEL WAS FOUND WITH TWO CRACKS APPROX .75 INCH LONG EACH. THE CRACKS ARE LOCATED AT RBL 102, JUST AFT OF STA 378, AND EXTEND DIAGONALLY INBOARD/ AFT AND OUTBOARD/ AFT FROM THE FORWARD EDGE OF THE PANEL AT THE EXISTING FRAME CUTOUT. ONE OF THE CRACKS EXTENDS TO THE LOWER INTEGRAL PANEL STIFFENER AT APPROX RBL 102. THESE CRACKS WILL BE REPAIRED WITH A DOUBLER.