Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 74746NF

Difficulty date
August 8, 2015
Submitted
August 11, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N451PA
Make and model
Boeing 74746NF
Aircraft serial
30809
Aircraft time
62,914 hours, 10,416 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 939-991
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

RT SIDE BS 980 DRAG SPLICE LOWER FITTING AT STR 38R CRACK FOUND ON SKIN LAYER UNDER FITTING, CRACK RUNNING DOWNWARD AT 6 O'CLOCK POSITION THROUGH THICKNESS, FUSELAGE SKIN IS REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-20-01-2R-2. REPAIR 2 AT BS 939.5 TO 991.5 BETWEEN STR 37R-39R AREA. THIS REPAIR IS CLASSIFIED AS A CATEGORY B REPAIR.

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