Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
February 17, 2012
Submitted
February 24, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N178UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
24385
Aircraft time
89,728 hours, 10,856 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Skin
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

LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN HAS THE APPEARANCE OF BEING CRACKED JUST FWD OF EQUIPT COOLING EXHAUST VALVE (MARKED). CLEANED AREA AND SMOOTHED MINOR TOOL MARKS IN SKIN. NO MORE CORROSION WAS FOUND. TESTED SKIN THICKNESS WITH ULTRASONIC TESTER. FOUND ONE SMALL AREA WITH IN ONE HALF INCH OF CUTOUT THAT WAS .051. ALL OTHER AREAS WERE .058 OR GREATER. INSP AREA NO CORROSION FOUND. INSTALLED EXTERNAL FUSELAGE SKIN REPAIR.