Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 73781Q

Difficulty date
June 10, 2012
Submitted
June 12, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N520AM
Make and model
Boeing 73781Q
Aircraft serial
29052
Aircraft time
35,595 hours, 12,304 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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, IT WAS DETECTED A LIGHTNING STRIKE IN THE FUSELAGE SKIN. MX PERFORMED A LIGHTNING STRIKE CONDITIONAL INSPECTION IAW MM 05-51-19, BURN MARKS OUT OF LIMITS IN THE LT FUSELAGE SKIN AT STA 727H AND 747 BETWEEN LONGERON 23L AND 25L. ACFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR AND THE NRC A0190213, A0190214 AND A0190217 WERE ISSUED TO REPAIR THE DAMAGES DETECTED. THE BURNED MARKS WERE REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-00-01 REPAIR 13 PARAGRAPHS 4C, 5H AND SRM 51-40-02 PARAGRAPH 4B, ALL CORRECT.

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