# SDR ABXA2023050985

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: October 5, 2022
- Submitted: May 9, 2023
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N749AX](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N749AX), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 767232
- Aircraft serial: 22226
- Aircraft time: 86,912 hours, 39,958 cycles
- System (JASC): [5310 · Fuselage Main, Structure](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5310)
- Part: Failsafe
- Part number: 143T159102
- Condition: Corroded
- Location: Zone 100
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ABXA2023050985

## Discrepancy

DURING AIRCRAFT C-CHECK AT AIRBORNE (TAMPA), MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED AN AREAS OF CORROSION ON THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE FAIL-SAFE STRAP (P/N 143T15910-2) INSTALLED ON THE FORWARD FRAME OF THE FORWARD LOWER CARGO DOOR JAMB. THE CORROSION WAS LOCATED AT STATION 539.5 BETWEEN S30R & S35R AND WAS REMOVED PER 767-200 SRM 53-00-15, FIGURE 101, AND EXCEEDING 10% PARENT MATERIAL LOSS. FLIGHT VEHICLES CONSULTING INC. WAS CONTACTED WITH REPAIR PROPOSAL, AND PERMANENT REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS WERE APPROVED. REPAIRED PER ABX-REA-5333-64722-00. VENDOR DID NOT REPORT REPAIR TO ABX AIR. THIS WAS DICOVERED BY AN FAA AUDIT OF THE VENDOR

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