Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
July 20, 2014
Submitted
July 22, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N672UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
30027
Aircraft time
53,385 hours, 12,929 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Skin
Condition
Scratched
Location
Fuselage
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

EXTERNAL FUSELAGE STATION 1706 RT SIDE STRINGER 14R - 15R WL 223 JUST FWD OF HORIZONTAL STABILIZER SKIN HAS TWO DEEP SCRATCHES. FIG 201 TBL V ALTERNATIVE I INTERNAL HFEC EACH 12OOOC. REPAIR IS CATEGORY B REPAIR WITH INSPECTION THRESHOLD BEGINNING 37500 PTC OR 6000C AFTER REPAIR EMBODIMENT, WHICHEVER COMES LATER, WITH REPEAT INSPECTIONS THEREAFTER. INSPECTION METHODS & FREQUENCY IDENTIFIED IN SRM 53-00-01 FIG 201 TBL V PG 209. AFTER INITIAL INSPECTION 37500PTC, REPEAT INSPECTIONS GOVERNED BY SRM 53-00-01.