Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7373Q8

Difficulty date
January 11, 2013
Submitted
January 31, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N662SW
Make and model
Boeing 7373Q8
Aircraft serial
23255
Aircraft time
83,086 hours, 67,355 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

CRACK ON EXTERNAL FUSELAGE SKIN BS 360+7" STR 17L. REPAIRED EXTERNAL FUSELAGE SKIN LOCATED BETWEEN STR 16L TO STR 18L AND BETWEEN BS 360 TO BS 380 IAW EO AEM-HC53-010/13 R0 AND EA 1-353-21521 REV 0 FOR INSPECTION REQUIREMENT SEE TLD T031018

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