Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 747200

Difficulty date
February 2, 2006
Submitted
March 6, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N522UP
Make and model
Boeing 747200
Aircraft serial
21936
Aircraft time
72,217 hours, 16,929 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 980
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 FX - SKIN AT BS 980 STR 38L 1EA FASTENER HOLE COMMON TO FWD LWR DRAG SPLICE FTG FOUND CRACK AT SKIN RUNNING DOWN, CRACK LENGTH .125 INCH. SKIN REPAIRED AS PER SRM 53-30-03 FIG 60 AND MPI P18440 ISSUED TO CONTROL THE REPEAT INSEPCTION INTERVALS.

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