What was found
AIRCRAFT GROUNDED. UPPER FUSELAGE EXTERIOR FUSELAGE AT BS640 AT STR3L SKIN SECTION WITH LIGHTNING STRIKE. REPAIRED FUSELAGE SKIN AT BS640 AT STR3L DUE TO LIGHTNING STRIKE IAW SRM 53-00-01 REPAIR 19 FIG201 SECTION II.
- Difficulty date
- November 30, 2016
- Submitted
- January 19, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N498SA
- Make and model
- Boeing 7374Q8
- Aircraft serial
- 26334
- Aircraft time
- 54,318 hours, 33,983 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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