Service difficulty report · Door · Boeing 7878

Difficulty date
March 25, 2020
Submitted
June 3, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N967AM
Make and model
Boeing 7878
Aircraft serial
35312
Aircraft time
27,443 hours, 3,164 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Nicked
Location
E&E Bay
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 NICKS AT RT SIDE FWD ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT ACCESS DOOR. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL PERFORMED REVISION DETECTING FIVE NICKS, THREE NICKS WITH DIMENSIONS APPROXIMATELY OF 0.312" LENGTH AND 0.250" WIDE BETWEEN STA 305 & 307 AND TWO NICKS OF 0.250" LENGTH AND W=0.250" WIDE BETWEEN STA 319 & 320. THE NICKS WERE REMOVED, ALODINE WAS APPLIED AND REPAIR WAS ACCEPTABLE AS PERMANENT REPAIR IAW MESSAGE NUMBER AMX-AMX-20-0281-02B AND SRM 52-41-01-02A-661A PARAGRAPH 2H, ULTRASONIC INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED WITH NO CRACKS FOUND IAW NDTM PART 4, 51-00-10 PROCEDURE 1, PART 6, 51-00-01 PROCEDURE 1, ALL CORRECT.

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