Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7572B7

Difficulty date
November 28, 2007
Submitted
November 29, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N901FD
Make and model
Boeing 7572B7
Aircraft serial
27122
Aircraft time
46,553 hours, 19,092 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
146N35317
Condition
Gouged
Location
Zone 100
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

LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN AT BS 1503, LBL 4 HAS A GOUGE NEXT TO RIVET. GOUGE MEASURED .017" DEEP IN .060 THICK SKIN. DAMAGE OUT OF LIMITS PER SRM 53-00-01, DETAIL II. UPON REMOVAL OF DAMAGED SKIN, FOUND CORROSION ON BOTTOM OF WEB. REMOVED AND REPLACED WEB IAW SRM 51-40-02. FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER AND FILLER IAW SRM 53-00-01, REPAIR NR 16. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER AND FILLER IAW SRM 53-00-01, REPAIR NR 16, FIG 201. THIS IS A CATEGORY "B" MAJOR REPAIR REQUIRING REPEAT INSPECTIONS IN 29,000 FLIGHT CYCLES PER SRM 53-00-01, REPAIR NR16, FIG 201, TABLE V.

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