Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7878

Difficulty date
October 12, 2013
Submitted
November 8, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N961AM
Make and model
Boeing 7878
Aircraft serial
35306
Aircraft time
316 hours, 167 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Bs 1215
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, DETECTED A LIGHTNING STRIKE IN FUSELAGE SKIN. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A LIGHTNING STRIKE INSPECTION IAW MM 05-51-19 DETECTING FOUR BURNS OF ONE INCH LENGTH, 0.008 INCHES DEPTH AND 0.750 INCHES WIDE AT BS 1215 BETWEEN STRINGER S6L-7L. CONFIRMED THE BURNS WERE WITHIN LIMITS IAW SRM 661A-A. REPAIRED FUSELAGE SKIN IAW SRM 661A-A, PARA 2(A) TO 2 (C) AND NDTM PART 1, 51-05-02, PART 4.

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