Service difficulty report · Stringer · Boeing 767232

Difficulty date
March 7, 2025
Submitted
March 7, 2025
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
6VAR708B
Avocet Aviation Services, LLC
Aircraft
N743AX
Make and model
Boeing 767232
Aircraft serial
22218
Aircraft time
97,545 hours, 46,569 cycles
Part
Stringer
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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 AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE, WAS ACCOMPLISHING HFEC INSPECTIONS AND FOUND CRACK DAMAGE ON THE STRINGERS S-2R & S-8R AT STA 676. THE STRINGERS ARE REPAIRABLE PER BOEING SRM 53-00-03, REPAIR 1; HOWEVER, THE DAMAGE LOCATION IS AFFECTED BY THE IAI FRIEGHTER CONVERSION STC IN THAT THERE ARE STRAPS INSTALLED ON S-2R THAT ARE PART OF THE IAI CONVERSION. ONE 1/2" CRACK ON S2R ON THE THIRD FASTNER FROM STA 676 AT THE FWD INBOARD ANGLE.TWO CRACKS ON S8R ON THE SECOND FASTNER FROM STA 676. ONE 1/3" CRACK AT THE FWD OTB ANGLE AND ONE 3/4" CRACK AT THE OTB AFT ANGLE. REPAIR - SEC 43, STA 654 - 698, STR S-2R & S-8R.