- Difficulty date
- October 22, 2007
- Submitted
- December 16, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Boeing 7272B6
- Aircraft serial
- 21298
- Aircraft time
- 55,552 hours, 32,293 cycles
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Escape Hatch
- 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
LT AFT OVERWING ESCAPE HATCH EXTERNAL SKIN CRACKED, 1/4 INCH ABOVE OPENING.
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