What was found
LEFT WING FIXED T/E UPPER PANEL HAS A CRACK LOCATED 18 INCHES AFT OF LEADING EDGE OF PANEL AND 23 INCHES INBOARD OF THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE PANEL. PANEL RMV RR 43353 TO SHOP 273 INSTALLED & RIGGED WU K6404D AT SMB.
- Difficulty date
- August 2, 2009
- Submitted
- August 4, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N128UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 747422
- Aircraft serial
- 30023
- Aircraft time
- 37,690 hours, 4,536 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4056
- System (JASC)
- 5730 · Wing, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Panel
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Lt Wing
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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