Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 747200

Difficulty date
August 7, 2007
Submitted
August 29, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N521UP
Make and model
Boeing 747200
Aircraft serial
21944
Aircraft time
79,715 hours, 18,925 cycles
Part
Skin
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 U/D RIGHT BS 340 - 360 S6R LAP JOINT TOP ROW FASTENER ROW 1EA HOLE FOUND CRACK AT FX SKIN RUNNING AFT APPROX .125 INCH BEYOND RIVET HEAD. FX STR 6R BETWEEN BS 340-392 LAP JOINT SKIN REPAIRED AS PER SRM 53-30-03 FIG 26 AND UPS EO B747-5330-0209 APP B AND TAR S/N 127776 WITHOUT ZERO TIMING AT CRITICAL ROW FASTENERS. REPEAT INSPECTION IS REQUIRED AS PER SRM 53-30-03 FIG 26 AND UPS ASSIGNED MPI P19377.

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