Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7373G7

Difficulty date
January 12, 2013
Submitted
January 17, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N683SW
Make and model
Boeing 7373G7
Aircraft serial
24008
Aircraft time
78,429 hours, 65,351 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
6545768
Condition
Cracked
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

A 2.5 INCH CRACK ON FUSELAGE SKIN FWD OF BS 344 FRAME AND 4 INCHES BELOW STR 21R (HFEC VERIFIED). REPAIRED SKIN AS PER SRM 53-00-01-2R-31 DETAIL X1. FACT AS A RESULT OF POST REPAIR INSPECTION.

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