Service difficulty report · Skin Panel · Boeing 767232

Difficulty date
February 16, 2024
Submitted
February 19, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N312AA
Make and model
Boeing 767232
Aircraft serial
22315
Aircraft time
93,302 hours, 24,080 cycles
Part
Skin Panel
Part number
112T31015
Part serial
112T3101
Condition
Corroded
Location
Lt Wing
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 C-24 MAINTENANCE CHECK AT HAECO AMERICAS, CORROSION WAS REMOVED FROM THE LEFT WING UPPER SKIN, PANEL NO. 1, UPPER SURFACE FROM AROUND THE FUEL PORT CUTOUT LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY WS 785.2 AND BETWEEN STRINGERS U15-U16. ORIGINAL THICKNESS PER DRAWING 112T3101 SHEET 4 IS 0.431-INCH WHICH STEPS DOWN TO 0.251-INCH AT THE SKIN CUTOUT. THE MINIMUM REMAINING THICKNESS WITH THE BLEND AREA WAS FOUND TO BE 0.124-INCH. THERE ARE NO APPLICABLE REPAIRS FOR DAMAGE IN THIS AREA OF THE WING SKIN. POST RE-WORK OF THE BLENDED AREA TO PROVIDE A FLUSH AND PARALLEL SURFACE RESULTED IN A FINAL MINIMUM REMAINING THICKNESS OF 0.098-INCH. ACCOMPLISHED DOUBLER REPAIR PER HAECO REO-G24774 REV IR AND ABX-REA-5725-65247-00. M287 & M289 ATTACHED AND FAA FORM 337