Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 747243B

Difficulty date
June 30, 2010
Submitted
June 30, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Filed by
VGQY082L
St Engineering Aerospace Services Company Pte. Ltd
Aircraft
N820SA
Make and model
Boeing 747243B
Aircraft serial
23476
Aircraft time
84,534 hours, 13,992 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

APU COMPARTMENT CROWN AREA AT STA 2638-2658 BETWEEN RIGHT STR 1 AND 2, FUSELAGE SKIN FOUND CRACKED. TRIMMED OFF CRACKED SKIN MATERIAL PER SRM 53-30-00 REV 116 FIGURE 1A. HFEC INSPECTION CARRIED OUT PER B747 NDTM D6-7170 REV 134 PART 6, SRM 51-00-00 FIGURE 23, FOUND NO CRACK EVIDENT. A 12 INCH BY 10.50 INCH DOUBLER FABRICATED PER SRM 53-03-03 REV 116 AND INSTALLED PER SRM 53-30-03 REV 116 A.