Service difficulty report · Support Fitting · Boeing 767281

Difficulty date
August 13, 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
Support Fitting
Condition
Corroded
Location
Rt Wing
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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 AIRCRAFT C-CHECK AT TAMPA, AIRBORNE MAINTENANCE WAS REQUIRED TO INSPECT THE NR 8 FLAP SUPPORT 1-3 BEAM ASSEMBLY PER ABX WORK CARD ABX-57-796-28-02. INSPECTION REVEALED CORROSION WITHIN A HOLE LOCATION. THE SUBJECT HOLE WAS REWORKED TO A CLEAN AND ROUND CONDITION FROM 0.6270” TO A FINAL DIAMETER OF 0.6680”. A SUBSEQUENT HFEC ROTARY SCAN WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS FOUND. REFERENCE FIGURE 1 FOR SUBJECT HOLE LOCATION. THIS REA ACCOMPLISHES THE PERMANENT REPAIR OF THE 1-3 BEAM (ABX-REA-2750-64094-00).