Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 767281

Difficulty date
April 5, 2012
Submitted
May 10, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N793AX
Make and model
Boeing 767281
Aircraft serial
23143
Aircraft time
51,425 hours, 41,745 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
148T31111
Condition
Cracked
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

STA 1654.5 CRACKS .406 AND .219 IN LENGTH FOUND ON THE OUTER CIRCUMFERENCE OF A FASTENER AT S-3L. CUT OUT DAMAGED AREA IAW B767 SRM 53-80-01 FIG 201, PERFORM HFEC IAW B767 PART6 51-00-19, FAB FILLERS & DBLRS IAW B767-200 SRM 53-80-01, INSTALLED REPAIR IAW B767-200 SRM 53-80-01 PG 201 REP 4, SEAM SEAL REPAIR IAW B767 SRM 51-20-5. PREP, PRIME, PAINT REPR DOUBLER AT B STA 1654.5 S-3L IAW B767 MM 51-21-10-7. PRIME INTERIOR OF REPAIR IAW B767 SRM 53-80-01, ACFT WAS GROUNDED.