Service difficulty report · Wing · Lkheed P2V5F

Difficulty date
August 14, 2012
Submitted
August 14, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N9855F
Make and model
Lkheed P2V5F
Aircraft serial
131445
Aircraft time
13,204 hours, 6,309 cycles
Part
Wing
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 500
Part time
13,204 hours, 6,309 cycles
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.

What was found

AT LEFT WING STATION 40, A CRACK IN THE WING SKIN, JUST OUTBOARD OF THE FUSELAGE SKIN, APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES LONG WAS DISCOVERED UNDER AN EXISTING REPAIR USING EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION. THE CRACK RUNS FORE AND AFT BETWEEN STRINGERS 17 AND 18. NO OTHER DAMAGE HAS BEEN DETECTED AT THIS TIME, OPEN.