Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7374Q8

Difficulty date
January 4, 2017
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
Corroded
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. LOWER FUSELAGE FWD CARGO COMPARTMENT FROM BS400 TO BS480 BETWEEN STR28L AND STR28R INNER SKIN WITH CORROSION AT DRAIN VALVES AND ANTENNA AREA. REPAIRED SKIN PANEL AT LOWER FUSELAGE, FWD CARGO COMPARTMENT BETWEEN BS460 AND BS480, AND BETWEEN STR27R AND STR27L IAW EO-2016-2083-R00 REV0 DOCUMENTED ON FAA 8100-9.

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