Service difficulty report · Stringer · Boeing 767223

Difficulty date
September 11, 2009
Submitted
September 15, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N335AA
Make and model
Boeing 767223
Aircraft serial
22333
Aircraft time
84,716 hours, 15,998 cycles
Part
Stringer
Part number
143T12158
Condition
Corroded
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

STRINGER 35L FOUND CORRODED BETWEEN STATION 764 AND AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD OF FORWARD CARGO. STRINGER WAS CUT AND SPLICED PER SRM BETWEEN STA 742 AND 764 WHICH REQUIRED THE STA 764 FRAME LOWER J CHANNEL BE SEVERED BETWEEN STR 34L AND 35L, AND AGAIN AT STR 35L AND 36L. TO REPAIR THE SEVERED AREAS A NESTED FORMED J CHANNEL MADE FROM 0.071 INCH 7075-0 CLAD HEAT TREATED TO T6 WAS INSTALLED WITH A MIN OF 3 ROWS OF HI-LOKS UNDER EA B767-53-007412.