Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7378Q8

Difficulty date
August 24, 2016
Submitted
October 3, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N859AM
Make and model
Boeing 7378Q8
Aircraft serial
32796
Aircraft time
48,748 hours, 17,141 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Lt Wing
Part time
48,748 hours, 17,141 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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, A LIGHTNING STRIKE WAS DETECTED ON LEFT WINGLET TRAILING EDGE. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL PERFORMED A LIGHTNING STRIKE INSPECTION IAW MM 05-51-19 DETECTING DAMAGES IN THREE FASTENERS AND IN THE LEFT WINGLET TRAILING EDGE SKIN OF 2.2” LENGTH, 0.250” WIDE AND 0.024” DEPTH. INSPECTION PERSONNEL EVALUATED THE DAMAGE AND FOUND IT OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 57-31-00. AIRCRAFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR AND THE NON ROUTINE CARDS A0241190, A0241191 AND A0241213 WERE ISSUED TO REPAIR THE DAMAGES; SO THE LEFT FASTENERS WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 51-40-02 PARAGRAPH 11, FIGURE 5 AND LEFT WINGLET SKIN WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 57-30-01 REPAIR 4, PARAGRAPH 4.C TABLE 201 AND SRM 51-70-05 REPAIR 10, FIGURE 201 AND IT WAS PERFORMED A HIGH FREQUENCY EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION IAW B737 NDTM PART 4, 51-00-00 AND 51-00-05, NO CRACKS AND DELAMINATION WERE FOUND, ALL CORRECT.

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