Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7377BX

Difficulty date
October 15, 2012
Submitted
October 23, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N126AM
Make and model
Boeing 7377BX
Aircraft serial
30617
Aircraft time
33,647 hours, 15,744 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
Location
Fuselage
Part time
33,778 hours, 15,827 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, THE RT SIDE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS DETECTED A HOLE OF 1.125" DIAMETER AND 0.750" DEPTH FROM STA 391 BETWEEN S-23R AND S-24R; THE RT SIDE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-00-01, REPAIR 12, FIGURE 201 AND NDT INSPECTION WERE PERFORMED, NO CRACKS WERE FOUND IAW NDTM PART 6 51-00-00, FIG 23, ALL CORRECT. LIKEWISE, THE SLAT NR 6 L/E WAS DETECTED A DENT OF 16.0" LONG, 8.0"WIDE AND 0.150" DEPTH BETWEEN STATIONS 176 AND 192; THIS DENT WAS FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 57-42-01; SO, THE SLAT NR 6 L/E WAS REPLACED IAW MM 27-81-21, ALL CORRECT.

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