Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 75727B

Difficulty date
March 13, 2008
Submitted
March 13, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N916FD
Make and model
Boeing 75727B
Aircraft serial
24137
Aircraft time
62,305 hours, 21,162 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Misrepaired
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

EXISTING REPAIR, SKIN EXTERNAL DOUBLER, STA 1681, STRINGER S-15L TO EVALUATE EXISTING REPAIR. EXISTING REPAIR FOUND NOT IAW SRM APPLICABILITY. SKIN EXTERNAL DOUBLER REPLACED. R & R DOUBLER IAW EA F-5330-117347. REPAIR A CATEGORY B REPAIR AS DEFINED IN SRM 51-00-06, REQUIRING SUPPLEMENTAL INSPECTION IN ADDITION TO THOSE ALREADY SPECIFIED IN THE MPD. SUPPLEMENTAL INSPECTION ARE TO BEGIN WHEN THE AIRFRAME ACCUMULATES 34,500 FLIGHT CYCLES WITH REPEAT INSPECTIONS EVERY 3,000 FLT CYCLES. THE SKIN PANEL IS TO BE INSPECTED USING LFEC (PER B757 NDT 53-00-06, PART 6) ALONG THE PERIPHERAL FASTENER ROWS THROUGH THE EXTERNAL DOUBLER. REPAIR IS CLASSIFIED MAJOR AS PER GMM 6-2-100 CRITERIA.

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