What was found
INSPECTION TYPE:C, BS 980 RT FWD UPPER DRAG SPLICE FITTING FOUND MOST AFT HOLE AT SKIN ATTACH FLANGE CRACKED RUNNING FWD APPROX .0625 INCH LONG. HOLE OVERSIZED TO 0.278 INCH PER SRM 51-30-05 WITHIN SRM 53-30-03 FIG 60 LIMITATIONS.
- Difficulty date
- May 15, 2002
- Submitted
- May 29, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N682UP
- Make and model
- Boeing 747121
- Aircraft serial
- 20349
- Aircraft time
- 95,929 hours, 24,524 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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