What was found
HFEC OPEN HOLE INSPECTION FOUND CRACK ON FUSELAGE SKIN AT BS 980 S38R. FUSELAGE SKIN REPAIRED FOR B747 SRM 53-30-03, FIGURE 60 WITH MINOR DEVIATIONS APPROVED BY BOEING.
- Difficulty date
- August 16, 2011
- Submitted
- August 24, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N486EV
- Make and model
- Boeing 747212B
- Aircraft serial
- 20888
- Aircraft time
- 98,968 hours, 23,131 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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