Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 767232

Difficulty date
December 5, 2022
Submitted
May 9, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N744AX
Make and model
Boeing 767232
Aircraft serial
22221
Aircraft time
99,746 hours, 45,087 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
143T32212
Condition
Cracked
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 AIRCRAFT C-CHECK AT AIRBORNE (TAMPA), MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED A CRACK COMMON TO FUSELAGE SKIN P/N 143T3221-2 AT STA 781 AND STR 38L. THE CRACK LENGTH IS 0.5” AND THERE ARE NO REPAIRS IN 767-200 SRM. FLIGHT VEHICLES CONSULTING INC. WAS CONTACTED WITH REPAIR PROPOSAL, AND PERMANENT REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS WERE APPROVED. REPAIRED PER ABX-REA-5335-64790-00. VENDOR DID NOT REPORT REPAIR TO ABX AIR. THIS WAS DICOVERED BY AN FAA AUDIT OF THE VENDOR.