What was found
LEFT BS 1708 AT STRINGER 34L ONE EACH FASTENER HOLE FOUND CRACKED AT 9 O'CLOCK POSITION 2ND LAYER .0625 INCH APPROX IN LENGTH. THE CRACK TRIMMED AND NDT CONFIRMED CRACK FREE CONDITION. THE SKIN REPAIRED PER EIA EO 53-474-1701-03.
- Difficulty date
- April 5, 2005
- Submitted
- April 25, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N485EV
- Make and model
- Boeing 747212B
- Aircraft serial
- 20712
- Aircraft time
- 102,308 hours, 24,968 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- E
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.