Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7878

Difficulty date
November 2, 2021
Submitted
December 8, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N967AM
Make and model
Boeing 7878
Aircraft serial
35312
Aircraft time
30,318 hours, 4,113 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
141Z0201312
Part serial
000170
Condition
Damaged
Location
Slat
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

THREE DENTS ON SLAT NUMBER 1 SKIN. DURING TRANSIT CHECK, IT WAS DETECTED THREE DENTS ON SLAT NUMBER 1 SKIN. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL PERFORMED A REVISION, DETECTING 3 DENTS ON SLAT 1 WITH MULTIPLE DAMAGES ON LE FRONTAL AREA LOCALIZED BETWEEN STA 1151.75 AND STA 1160; A DENT AT STA 1152.75 WITH 1.750" LENGTH, 0.500" WIDTH AND 0.019" DEPTH; A DENT AT STA 1156.25 WITH 4.00" LENGTH, 0.500" WIDTH AND 0.012" DEPTH; A DENT AT STA 1159.5 WITH 0.750" LENGTH, 0.500" WIDTH AND 0.008" DEPTH; HFEC AND BOND TEST INSPECTIONS AT DAMAGE AREAS WERE PERFORMED, A ULTRASONIC INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED, SLAT NUMBER 1 WAS REPLACED, TESTED CORRECT.

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