Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 747481

Difficulty date
October 12, 2011
Submitted
October 19, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N429MC
Make and model
Boeing 747481
Aircraft serial
24833
Aircraft time
85,297 hours, 11,757 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nacelle
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

DURING MX WALKAROUND, MX FOUND A CRACK WHICH IS APPROX 8" LONG AND 4" WIDE ON THE NR 4 ENGINE CORE COWL SKIN. MX FOUND A 4" SECTION OF THE LT CORE COWL L/E RUB STRIP BROKEN OFF. THIS COINCIDES WITH THE 4" SCRATCH MARKINGS ACROSS THE L/E OF THE DAMAGED AREA WHICH IS AFT OF THIS RUB STRIP. THE LENGTH OF THE CRACK AND THE MISSING RUB STRIP EXCEEDS THE SRM LIMITS.