SDR UIEA2016092600774

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 74747UF

Difficulty date: September 24, 2016
Submitted: September 27, 2016
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N476MC
Make and model: Boeing 74747UF
Aircraft serial: 29256
Aircraft time: 70,974 hours, 12,628 cycles
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin
Condition: Cracked
Location: Fuselage
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: V
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: K

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What was found

PRIOR TO SCHEDULED DEPARTURE, ON 24-SEP-2016, THE DATUM AIRPLANE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND WITH CORROSION CRACKS IN THE VICINITY OF FASTENER LOCATIONS AT BS 1736, ALONG STR 42R, AND AT BS 1731, ALONG STR 42R. SHEET METAL REPAIR EO 4453B268.

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