Service difficulty report · Stringer Splice · Boeing 767232

Difficulty date
December 27, 2013
Submitted
February 10, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N750AX
Make and model
Boeing 767232
Aircraft serial
22227
Aircraft time
74,741 hours, 34,839 cycles
Part
Stringer Splice
Part number
143T300132
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

AFT STRINGER 25L ON THE STRINGER SPLICE AT LFS 676 HAS 2 IN CRACK ALONG THE UPPER RADIUS. REMOVED & REPAIR STRINGER IAW SRM 52-00-03 & REA B653-60799. PN 143T3001-32, PART NAME, STRINGER, SN N/A, CRACKED 2 INCHES FUSELAGE STATION & BODY STATION LOC ON ACFT FROM 676 TO 680. STRINGER & WING STATION ON LOC ON ACFT FROM 25L TO 25L. ACFT WAS GROUNDED.