Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 74747UF

Difficulty date
July 7, 2019
Submitted
July 9, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N475MC
Make and model
Boeing 74747UF
Aircraft serial
29252
Aircraft time
81,980 hours, 15,111 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
U
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING ULTRASONIC INSPECTION CARRIED OUT AND FOUND CRACK INDICATION ON FUSELAGE SKIN COMMON TO LHS DRAG SPLICE FITTING AT STRINGER 38, BODY STATION 980 FROM FASTENER TO FASTENER HOLES AS MARKED(<P>CRACKED SKIN AT THE NOTED LOCATION TRIMMED OUT AND SKIN REPAIR CARRIED OUT AS PER SRM 53-20-01-2R-2, REPAIR 2, DETAIL III, FIGURE 201, REV.86 AND EN # 284-19, REV 0. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS "MAJOR REPAIR" AS PER GMM CHAPTER 5.3.22, VERSION 19, DATED 23-JAN-2019.</P>)

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