# SDR ABXA2023050987

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: November 21, 2022
- Submitted: May 9, 2023
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N744AX](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N744AX), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 767232
- Aircraft serial: 22221
- Aircraft time: 99,746 hours, 45,087 cycles
- System (JASC): [5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5350)
- Part: Skin
- Part number: 183T30011
- Condition: Cracked
- 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/ABXA2023050987

## Discrepancy

DURING C CHECK LH O\B ELEVATOR UPPER SURFACE COMPOSITE SKIN CRACKED AT CENTER HINGE ACCESS CUTOUT AT ELEV STA 163.74. SRM 55-20-01 AD1 STATES TO CONTACT BOEING FOR ALLOWABLE DAMAGE LIMITS IN CRITICAL AREA. BOEING WAS CONTACTED THROUGH SERVICE REQUEST 3-5489042895 AND PERMANENT REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS WERE PROVIDED IN PEF-PEF-22-0025-09B REPAIRED PER ABX-REA-5520-64791-00.  VENDOR DID NOT REPORT REPAIR TO ABX AIR. THIS WAS DICOVERED BY AN FAA AUDIT OF THE VENDOR.

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