Service difficulty report · Stringer · Boeing 767232

Difficulty date
April 25, 2014
Submitted
May 14, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N747AX
Make and model
Boeing 767232
Aircraft serial
22224
Aircraft time
72,828 hours, 34,173 cycles
Part
Stringer
Part number
143T3001
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

DURING INSTALL OF STRINGER SPLICE ON STRINGER 32L AT STATION 434, STRINGER CRACKED WHILE INSTALLING FASTENERS & CORROSION WAS FOUND AT CRACK LOCATION. REPAIRED STRINGER 32L AT FS 434 IAW REA B653-60965-MR. SDR INFO CRACKED 1 INCH, CORRODED, PN 143T3001, PART NAME STRINGER 32L, SN: NSN, FS & BS LOC 434 TO 468, STRINGER & WS LOC STRINGER 32L. ACFT WAS GNDED.