What was found
DURING INSPECTION OF THE DATUM AIRCRAFT, 2EA CRACKS (BOTH 0.5” LENGTH) WERE FOUND ON FUSELAGE SKIN (P/N: 65B07618 - 261) BETWEEN BSTA 338/BSTA 340 & BETWEEN STR-7L/STR-8L, AT AFT LOWER CORNER OF LHS NO. 3 FLIGHT COMPARTMENT WINDOW.
- Difficulty date
- January 2, 2025
- Submitted
- February 5, 2025
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N729CA
- Make and model
- Boeing 747412
- Aircraft serial
- 25068
- Aircraft time
- 97,345 hours, 16,757 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 65B07618261
- Condition
- Worn
- Location
- Zone 200
- Part time
- 97,345 hours, 16,757 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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