Service difficulty report · Slat · Boeing 7878

Difficulty date
January 31, 2022
Submitted
January 31, 2022
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N967AM
Make and model
Boeing 7878
Aircraft serial
35312
Aircraft time
30,317 hours, 4,113 cycles
Part
Slat
Part number
141Z0201312
Part serial
000170
Condition
Damaged
Location
Number 1
Part time
30,317 hours, 4,113 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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 TRANSIT CHECK, IT WAS DETECTED THREE DENTS ON SLAT NUMBER 1 SKIN. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL PERFORMED A REVISION, DETECTING 3 DENTS ON SLAT 1 WITH MULTIPLE DAMAGES ON LE FRONTAL AREA LOCALIZED BETWEEN STA 1151.75 AND STA 1160; A DENT AT STA 1152.75 WITH 1.750" LENGTH, 0.500" WIDTH AND 0.019" DEPTH; A DENT AT STA 1156.25 WITH 4.00" LENGTH, 0.500" WIDTH AND 0.012" DEPTH; A DENT AT STA 1159.5 WITH 0.750" LENGTH, 0.500" WIDTH AND 0.008" DEPTH; HFEC AND BOND TEST INSPECTIONS AT DAMAGE AREAS WERE PERFORMED IAW B787 NDTM PART 6, 51-00-01 AND NDTM PART 4, 51-00-01; A ULTRASONIC INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED IAW B787 NDTM PART 4, 57-40-01; MESSAGES BOEING NUMBERS AMX-AMX-21-0489-02B AND AMX-AMX-21-0489-04C; SLAT NUMBER 1 WAS REPLACED IAW AMM DMC-B787-A-27-81-03-00B-520A-A/720A-A, TESTED CORRECT.

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