What was found
SEVERAL SKIN CRACKS BETWEEN RIVETS ON LEFT SIDE OF TAILCONE EXTERIOR ABOVE APU EXHAUST DUCT. REMOVED AND REPLACED SKIN SECTION PER BOEING SRM 51-10-01 AND 51-30-02.
- Difficulty date
- November 22, 1996
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N856FT
- Make and model
- Boeing 747132
- Aircraft serial
- 19897
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Empenage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.