Service difficulty report · Stringer · Boeing 747132

Difficulty date
October 27, 2008
Submitted
October 28, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N481EV
Make and model
Boeing 747132
Aircraft serial
20653
Aircraft time
96,612 hours, 21,624 cycles
Part
Stringer
Condition
Cracked
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

BODY SKIN FOUND BULGED UP AT BS 2150 TO 2170 S49R AND STRINGER CRACKED. REMOVED DAMAGED STRINGER. REPAIR FABRICATED, ALODINED AND PRIMED. INSTALLED PER SRM 51-30-02.