- Difficulty date
- March 2, 2003
- Submitted
- March 31, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N520UP
- Make and model
- Boeing 747200
- Aircraft serial
- 21943
- Aircraft time
- 73,562 hours, 16,470 cycles
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- 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, AFT LOWER CARGO DOOR CUTOUT UPPER CORNERS TWO FASTENER HOLES FOUND CRACK REVEALED FWD CORNER CRACKED HOLE AT SKI AND BEAR STRAP LAYER. AFT CORNER CRACKED HOLE AT BEAR STRAP LAYER. FOR DETAIL PLS REFER ATTACHED SKETCH. FWD UPPER CORNER REPAIRED AS PER HX RS R53-61-34990 & AFT UPPER LOWER REPAIRED AS PER HX RS R53-61-34981 & UPS EA 747-53-20127 & B747-53-20128.