Service difficulty report · Rivet · Boeing 73783N

Difficulty date
April 26, 2014
Submitted
June 17, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N860AM
Make and model
Boeing 73783N
Aircraft serial
28249
Aircraft time
28,826 hours, 15,033 cycles
Part
Rivet
Part number
BACR15FV6KE9
Condition
Burned
Location
Fuselage
Part time
28,826 hours, 15,033 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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

LIGHTNING STRIKE DURING CLIMB IN THE LT SIDE FUSELAGE SKIN. PERFORMED A LIGHTNING STRIKE CONDITIONAL INSPECTION IAW MM 05-51-19, DETECTING SMALL BURNED MARKS & A LIGHT SCRATCH IN THE FUSELAGE SKIN AT STATIONS 195.5, 310, 330.62 & 429 BETWEEN STRINGERS 22L, 23L & 24L & THE LT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TE TIP. ACFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR & THE NRC’S A0216959, A0216960, A0216961, A0216962, A0216963, A0216964, A0216965, A0216966, A0216967, A0216968, A0216969, A0216970 & A0216971 WERE ISSUED TO REPAIR THE DAMAGES. THE BURNED MARKS WERE REMOVED IAW SRM 53-00-01 REPAIR 13 PARAGRAPH 4 C 19, FIVE RIVETS WERE REPLACED IAW SRM 53-00-01 REPAIR 40 PARAGRAPH 4C & THE SCRATCH WAS REWORKED IAW SRM 53-00-01 ALLOWABLE DAMAGE A PARAGRAPH 4B 2 FIGURE 103 DETAIL C. THE FASTENERS & BOLTS LOCATIONS HOLES WERE INSPECTED PERFORMING HIGH FREQUENCY EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION IAW NDTM PART 6 51-00-00 FIGURE 16, NO CRACKS WERE FOUND, ALL CORRECT.

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