Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7878

Difficulty date
October 22, 2014
Submitted
January 5, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N961AM
Make and model
Boeing 7878
Aircraft serial
35306
Aircraft time
5,187 hours, 851 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
Location
Rt 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 TRANSIT CHECK, IT WAS DETECTED A LIGHTNING STRIKE IN THE RIGHT LOWER WING SKIN. PERFORMED A LIGHTNING STRIKE INSPECTION IAW AMM DMC-B787-A-05-51-19-00C-280B-A, DETECTING A DENT IN THE STATION 268.70 BETWEEN STRINGER L 13-14, RIB 3-4 WITH DAMAGES OF 2.0 INCHES IN DIAMETER, 0.007 INCHES IN DEPTH & ONE PLY DAMAGED. A DENT IN THE STATION 268.70 BETWEEN STRINGER L 14-15, RIB 3-4 WITH DAMAGES OF 2.375 INCHES IN DIAMETER, 0.016 INCHES IN DEPTH & THREE PLIES DAMAGED & A DENT IN THE STATION 268.70 BETWEEN STRINGER L 16-17, RIB 3-4 WITH DAMAGES OF 1.625 INCHES IN DIAMETER, 0.007 INCHES IN DEPTH & ONE PLY DAMAGED. EVALUATED THE DAMAGES & FOUND IT WITHIN LIMITS, SO THE DAMAGES IN RT LOWER WING SKIN WERE SEALED TEMPORARY IAW AMX-AMX-14-1150-04B & SRM B787-A-51-73-00-03A-661A-A PARAGRAPH 4D. ISSUED THE NON-ROUTINE CARD A0221689, A0221690 & A0221692 TO PERFORM PERMANENT REPAIR ON THE DAMAGES & PERMANENT REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED IAW AMX-AMX-14-1150-06B.

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