SDR 99ZZZX3329

Service difficulty report · Panel · Boeing 747245F

Difficulty date
July 26, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N638FE
Make and model
Boeing 747245F
Aircraft serial
21841
Part
Panel
Part number
65B228451
Condition
Disbonded
Location
Wing
Part time
61,047 hours
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FERRY FLIGHT FROM MARANA, AZ, TO HONG KONG, PILOT REPORTED. CLIMB THROUGH 34,000 FEET AT .84 MACH, A SUDDEN ONSET AIRFRAME SHUDDER OCCURRED. ALL DOORS CLOSED, BUT HAD LEFT INBORD FLAP VIBRATING VISIBLY GETTING WORSE AS IT WENT INBOARD. SLOW TO .60 MACH AND VISIBLE VIBRATION MOVEMENT STOPPED. THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO EVERETT, WA, WHERE GROUND INSPECTION REVEALED THE LT INBD AFT T/E PANEL, P/N 65B22845-1, MEASURING 8 FEET BY 3 FEET WAS MISSING AND THE REMAINING PART IS DISBONDED OVER ITS ENTIRE AREA. UPPER SURFACE OF 65B39011-9 FOREFLAP DELAMINATED AND UPPER PLY MISSING. HONEYCOMB CORE EXPOSED OVER 30 PERCENT OF ITS SURFACE FROM INBD END, LT OTBD.