Service difficulty report · Beam · Boeing 767338

Difficulty date
March 1, 2023
Submitted
May 11, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N362CM
Make and model
Boeing 767338
Aircraft serial
24316
Aircraft time
113,526 hours, 33,048 cycles
Part
Beam
Part number
114T2300271
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 500
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 C22 CHECK, MAINTENANCE REPORTED LH WING L/E BULLNOSE WEB (BEAM) AT APPROX. OSS 679.82 (AT FUEL PANEL) IS CRACKED. THE B767-300 SRM 57-41-13 FIG. 201 REPAIR 3 IS FOR THIS SPECIFIC AREA. THE REFERENCED REPAIR IS FOR THE CRACK DAMAGE CONTAINED WITHIN THE RADIUS AND ON THE FLANGE ONLY, HOWEVER, A 2ND CRACK COMING IS EVIDENT ON THE VERTICAL WEB. THE REFERENCE SRM CUTOUT IS ALSO LIMITED ON THE FLANGE ONLY. SEE FIGURE 2 FOR DETAILS. CPZ AND ABX ENGINEERING CONTACTED FLIGHT VEHICLES CONSULTING INC. REQUESTING AN APPROVED REPAIR SOLUTION FOR THE DAMAGE REPORTED ABOVE. REPAIR WAS COMPLETED PER FVCI EO#23020-4. VENDOR DID NOT REPORT REPAIR TO ABX AIR. THIS WAS DICOVERED BY AN FAA AUDIT OF THE VENDOR.