- Difficulty date
- March 25, 2004
- Submitted
- April 7, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N683UP
- Make and model
- Boeing 747121
- Aircraft serial
- 20353
- Aircraft time
- 84,505 hours, 20,783 cycles
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Chafed
- 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, TAIL FUSELAGE FWD OF 2360 S3L - S5L VERTICAL FIN LWR PANEL ATTACHMENT AREA CHAFE MARKS FOUND. BS 2335 - BS 2355 BETWEEN STR 4L AND STR 3L CHAFED SKIN REPAIRED PER SRM 53-30-03 FIG 1 CATEGORY B REPAIR REQUIRE REPEAT INSPECTION PER SRM 53-30-03 FIG 1 TABLE 4.