What was found
LOWER FUSELAGE FROM BS 1060 TO BS 1068 BETWEEN STR 23 TO 24R WITH BULGED SKIN. REPAIRED IAW EO COO-EO-2016-2030-R04 DATED DEC-29-2016, AIRCRAFT GROUNDED.
- Difficulty date
- January 9, 2017
- Submitted
- January 18, 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
- Bulged
- Location
- Bs 1060-1068
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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