What was found
CRACK FOUND & CONFIRMED BY HFEC DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF ECO 3475R8 PART III & PART V. FUSELAGE SKIN CHEM MILLED LINES DETAILED & NDT INSPECTION. APPROX 2.0 INCH LONG SKIN CRACK AT BS 787ABOVE STRINGER 19 L.
- Difficulty date
- March 7, 2015
- Submitted
- March 11, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N840AL
- Make and model
- Boeing 7372X6C
- Aircraft serial
- 23124
- Aircraft time
- 66,102 hours, 69,070 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- E
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.