Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7374Q8

Difficulty date
December 10, 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
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fuselage
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

AIRCRAFT GROUNDED. UPPER FUSELAGE EXTERIOR FUSELAGE AT BS560 BETWEEN STR 2L AND STR 3L SKIN SECTION WITH LIGHTNING STRIKE. REPAIRED IAW EO COO-EO-2016-1980-R00 WITH 8110-3 APPROVED BY FAA.

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