Service difficulty report · Slat · Boeing 7378Q8

Difficulty date
April 13, 2016
Submitted
May 9, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N858AM
Make and model
Boeing 7378Q8
Aircraft serial
30671
Aircraft time
48,966 hours, 17,188 cycles
Part
Slat
Part number
114A50404
Part serial
001315
Condition
Damaged
Location
Wing
Part time
49,088 hours, 17,230 cycles
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 FUSELAGE SKIN. PERFORMED A LIGHTNING STRIKE INSPECTION IAW AMM 05-51-19, DETECTING THE SLATS 5 - 7 WITH DAMAGES OUT OF LIMITS & BURNED MARKS ON THE FUSELAGE SKIN WITHIN LIMITS. ACFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR & PERSONNEL REPLACED THE SLATS 5 - 7 IAW AMM 27-81-21. BURNED MARKS WERE REMOVED & REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-00-01 REPAIR 38 PARA 4C 2 4 & SRM 53-00-01 ALLOWABLE DAMAGE 1 PARA 4B 2 FIGURE 103 DETAIL C, INSPECTED PERFORMING HIGH FREQUENCY EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION IAW NDTM PART 6 51-00-00 PROCEDURE 23 & PART 4 51-00-00 PROCEDURE 2, NO CRACKS OR DELAMINATION WERE FOUND, ALL CORRECT.

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