Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 767323

Difficulty date
November 13, 2009
Submitted
December 3, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N395AN
Make and model
Boeing 767323
Aircraft serial
29432
Aircraft time
46,585 hours, 7,228 cycles
Part
Frame
Part number
143T10581
Condition
Bent
Location
Fuselage
Part time
46,584 hours, 7,228 cycles
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

FOUND FUSELAGE STATION 500 FRAME INNER CHORD HORIZONTAL FLANGE BENT DOWN BETWEEN STATION 30 LEFT AND 31 LEFT DUE TO SUSPECTED IMPACT FROM A CARGO PALLET. APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES LONG BY 0.5 INCH WIDE SECTION OF THE FLANGE WAS FOUND BENT DOWN A MAXIMUM OF 0.150 INCH. AS A PERMANENT REPAIR THE FLANGE WAS COLD WORKED BACK TO CONTOUR AND THEN A 0.125 INCH THICK STRAIGHT EXTRUSION WAS FITTED TO THE FORWARD SIDE OF THE FRAME ALONG THE DAMAGED AREA UNDER ENGINEERING AUTHORIZATION B767-53-007916.