Service difficulty report · Sensor · Boeing 7878

Difficulty date
April 17, 2016
Submitted
June 20, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N965AM
Make and model
Boeing 7878
Aircraft serial
35308
Aircraft time
11,491 hours, 1,502 cycles
Part
Sensor
Part number
0561JE1
Part serial
0424
Condition
Burned
Location
Rt Aoa
Part time
11,491 hours, 1,502 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
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

CAPTAIN REPORTED A LIGHTNING STRIKE IN THE FUSELAGE SKIN DURING APPROACH. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL PERFORMED A LIGHTNING STRIKE INSPECTION IAW DMC-B787-A-05-51-19-00C-280B-A, DETECTING BURNED MARKS AT LT SIDE STA 201, WL 270 AND 345, WL275, RT SIDE AT STA 117, WL182, 148, WL185, 163, WL200 AND 276, WL200. ALL BURNED MARKS WERE FOUND WITHIN LIMITS IAW SRM B787-A-53-10-01-02A-661A, PARA 3, TABLE 1, NOTES 25 AND 27, IT WAS TEMPORARY FILLED WITH ALUMINUM FOIL TAPE. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL ISSUED THE NON ROUTINE CARDS A0237243, A0237236, A0237238, A0237239 AND A0237241 TO PERFORM PERMANENT REPAIR. SO THE RT ANGLE OF ATTACK SENSOR WAS REPLACED IAW AMM B787-A-34-12-02-00A-520A-A-7. THE PAINT WAS REMOVED AND NO DAMAGES WERE FOUND AT FIBER IAW SRM B787-A-53-10-01-02A-661A-A PARAGRAPH 2, B, E NOTES F, G AND IAW NDTM PART 1 51-05-02, PART 4 51-00-02, REQUIRING REPETITIVE INSPECTIONS EVERY 400 FLIGHT CYCLES, UNTIL FINAL REPAIR BEFORE 2000 FLIGHT CYCLES.

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