Service difficulty report · Panel · Boeing 767281

Difficulty date
October 2, 2023
Submitted
October 6, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N783AX
Make and model
Boeing 767281
Aircraft serial
23016
Aircraft time
70,350 hours, 47,673 cycles
Part
Panel
Part number
113T23119
Part serial
NSN
Condition
Degraded
Location
Zone 500
Part time
70,350 hours, 47,673 cycles
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 C3 MAINTENANCE CHECK AT HAECO AMERICAS, MAINTENANCE REPORTED A DEEP GOUGE DAMAGE ON THE LH WING INBOARD, AFT FLAP, LEADING EDGE PANEL SKIN AT THE INBOARD SIDE APPROXIMATELY AT [FS I 04. THE GOUGE ALMOST PENETRATED THE ENTIRE THICKNESS OF THE SKIN. AFFECTED AREA WAS TRIM OUT WITH DIMENSION OF 0.2610-INCH WIDTH BY 2.18-INCH IN LENGTH. THE TRIM OUT IS OUT OF LIMITS PER S RM 57-53-0 I ALLOWABLE DAMAGE I, DETAIL I OF 0.10-INCH. IN ADDITION, THE TRIM OUT IS VERY CLOSE TO FASTENER LOCATION. THE DAMAGE CANNOT BE REPAIR PER SRM 57-53-0 I, REPAIR 2 (INTERNAL REPAIR), DUE TO OBSTRUCTION OF SUBSTRUCTURES. REPAIRED L/E NOSE SKIN PER HAECO REO-G24634 REV IR AND ABX REA-5750-65135-00.