What was found
IDENTIFIED 3 INCH CRACK AT BS 727, STRINGER 16L. CONFIRMED DEFECT BY VISUAL AND HFEC METHOD. REPAIRED BY REMOVING DAMAGED AREA AND INSTALLING 040 INCH EXTERNAL DOUBLER IAW SRM 53-30-3. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
- Difficulty date
- January 18, 2000
- Submitted
- February 12, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N804AL
- Make and model
- Boeing 7372Q9
- Aircraft serial
- 21719
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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