Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 777

Difficulty date
April 14, 2009
Submitted
April 28, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N776AM
Make and model
Boeing 777
Aircraft serial
32719
Aircraft time
25,381 hours, 4,669 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Bs 342
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 TRANSIT CHECK, MX FOUND 3 SCRATCHES OF .5 INCHES ON THE FUSELAGE SKIN, AT THE COVER RECEPTACLE EXTERNAL POWER. A SCRATCH AT STA 342 WITH THICKNESS FOUND 0.020 INCHES, AT STA 348 WITH THICKNESS FOUND 0.089 INCHES, AND AT STA 351 WITH THICKNESS FOUND 0.069 INCHES, ALL SCRATCHES WERE BETWEEN STRINGER 37 TO 38 RT, WITHIN SERVICE LIMITS IAW SRM 53-00-01, FIG 102, SHEET 4, DETAIL D/L. BLEND OUT WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON FUSELAGE SKIN IAW SRM 53-00-01, ALL CORRECT.