Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 75723A

Difficulty date
October 27, 2008
Submitted
October 29, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N920FD
Make and model
Boeing 75723A
Aircraft serial
24289
Aircraft time
68,579 hours, 21,958 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
2024T3063C
Condition
Damaged
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

EXTERNAL LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN, LIGHTNING STRIKES BS 500- BS 520 STR 28R- 27R. CHECKED LIMITS IAW SRM 53-00-01 FIGURE 201 REPAIR 6, FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-00-01 FIGURE 201 REPAIR 16, FIGURE 101. REMOVED DAMAGE IAW SRM 50-00-01, REPAIR 16, NFEC CUTOUT IAW NTW 51-00-19 PT.6 NO DEFECTS. MADE REPAIR DOUBLER AND DRILLED IAW SRM 53-00-01 REPAIR 16. TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-20-01. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER IAW SRM 53-00-01 FIGURE 201 REPAIR 16. THIS IS A CAT "B" INSPECTION THRESHOLD 37,000 TOTAL FLIGHTS WITH REPEAT INSPECTION ALTERNATIVES HFEC EVERY 6,000 OR HFEC EVERY 3,000 IAW SRM 53-00-01 TABLE V.

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