Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 767281

Difficulty date
August 6, 2020
Submitted
September 3, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N795AX
Make and model
Boeing 767281
Aircraft serial
23145
Aircraft time
65,925 hours, 47,561 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
146T333041
Condition
Corroded
Location
Bs 1395-1417
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

WHILE PERFORMING THE SCRIBE LINE INSPECTION, PER ABX TASK CARD ABX-SCL-5330-0016-23145 REFERENCE AD 2010-06-16 AND BOEING SB 767-53A0193, CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE FUSELAGE SKIN (P/N 146T3330-41 ASSY) IN ZONE A AT STRINGER S-17L BETWEEN STA 1395 AND STA 1417. CORROSION WAS REMOVED BY BLENDING, PER 767-200 SRM 51-10-02. ALL FASTENERS COMMON TO REWORKED AREAS, AS REQUIRED, WERE REMOVED AND HFEC OPEN-HOLE AND SURFACE SCAN INSPECTIONS WERE ACCOMPLISHED PER 767 NDT MANUAL PART 6 WITH NO DEFECTS REPORTED. AN ULTRASONIC THICKNESS (UT) INSPECTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED AT EACH LOCATION TO DETERMINE THE MINIMAL REMAINING MATERIAL THICKNESS AND RESULTS WERE RECORDED IN A 0.5” X 0.5” GRID PATTERN AS SHOWN IN FIGURE 2. THE SRM 53-00-01 ALLOWABLE DAMAGE 1, FIGURE 101 (SHEET 12 OF 17) STATES DAMAGE IN ZONE A IS NOT PERMITTED, CONTACT BOEING FOR THE ALLOWABLE LIMITS IN THIS AREA.