- Difficulty date
- November 6, 2000
- Submitted
- November 20, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N937UP
- Make and model
- Boeing 72725C
- Aircraft serial
- 19302
- Aircraft time
- 62,985 hours, 47,549 cycles
- Part
- Intercostal
- 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
INSPECTION TYPE:C, INTERCOSTAL BETWEEN FLOORBEAM BS 294.5 TO BS 312R CRACKED RBL 46 APPR OX. STOP DRILLED CRACK ON INTERCOSTAL BETWEEN BS 294.5 & 312 RBL 46 APPROX IAW SRM 51-40-03, 51-10-01. HFEC C/O POST STOP DRILL IAW B727 NDTM PT6 51-00-00 FIG 4. CRACK CONTAINED WITHIN STOP DRILL HOLE. REPAIRED IAW SRM 51-40-03 FIG 1.