Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 767222

Difficulty date
April 22, 2000
Submitted
October 4, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N603UA
Make and model
Boeing 767222
Aircraft serial
21864
Aircraft time
60,775 hours, 16,718 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT9D7R4D
Part
Skin
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

DURING THE JACKING PROCESS THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE OCCURRED AT STATION 287, BETWEEN S25R AND S27R (AT LAP SPLICE), BOTH UPPER AND LOWER SKINS WERE DAMAGED. STA 287 BULKHEAD OUTER CHORD WAS BENT, WITH THE ATTACHING WEB ALSO DISTORTED. *S/D* ACCOMPLISHED A VISUAL INSPECTION INSIDE THE EQUIPMENT BAY AREA BEHIND THE P-37 PANEL USING BOROSCOPE FLEX PROBE IN ACCORDANCE WITH NDT MANUAL 51-00-01. NO CRACKS OR DEFECTS NOTED. CREATED MAINTENANCE ITEM TO PERFORM A REPETITIVE ''A'' CHECK EXTERNAL SKIN VISUAL INSPECTION TO ENSURE NO CRACKS EXIST AND NO EVIDENCE OF PULLED OR LOOSE FASTENERS. STA 287 BULKHEAD WEB AND EXTERNAL SKIN PERMANENTLY REPAIRED PER EVA IMC-00415(MRA-113) AND SRM 53-00-01 AT ''C'' CHECK.