Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7373T0

Difficulty date
January 16, 2013
Submitted
February 1, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N732VA
Make and model
Boeing 7373T0
Aircraft serial
23366
Aircraft time
66,805 hours, 34,715 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

RIGHT FUSELAGE HAS CRACK LOCATED AT S-21R BETWEEN BS 757 AND BS 747 (REF NRWC 30566 AND AML 36201-16). AIRCRAFT FERRIED FROM SDF TO INT FOR REPAIR. INSTALLED FUSELAGE SKIN EXTERNAL REPAIR BETWEEN BS 787/727+7 AND BETWEEN S-17R/S-23R IAW DRAWING NUMBER 53-13025-1 AMOC AND FAA FORM APPROVAL 8100-9.