What was found
PIT - WALK AROUND - MAJOR REPAIR - DURING WALK AROUND, DISCOVERED 3 INCH CRACK IN FUSELAGE SKIN RIGHT SIDE AFT OF WING TO BODY FAIRING ROUGHLY 5 INCHES ABOVE EXISTING REPAIR. REPAIRED FUSELAGE SKIN IAW B737 SRM 53-00-01 REPAIR 31.
- Difficulty date
- April 11, 2009
- Submitted
- April 13, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N504AU
- Make and model
- Boeing 7373B7
- Aircraft serial
- 23379
- Aircraft time
- 62,905 hours, 43,117 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 6545775
- 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.