Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
September 1, 2016
Submitted
September 1, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N652UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
25390
Aircraft time
101,038 hours, 15,754 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
146T32521
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1197
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

PREVIOUS BLEND OUT FOUND ON FUSELAGE STA 1197+66 AND 1197+88 STR 35L. HFEC INSPECTION RESULTED IN A CRACK MEASUES 0.025. SKIN THICKNES S IS 0.160. REPAIRED AS PER SRM 53-00-01, REPAIR 14, FIG 201, TABLEII. PAGE 205.THIS IS A CATEGORAY B REPAIR INSPECTION REQUIR MENTS IS 37,000 FLIGHT CYCLES FROM DATE OF DELIVERY, OR 6,000 CYCLES FROM DATE OF REPAIR INSTALLATIONS WHICH EVER IS GREATER. AND 12,000 FLIGHT CYCLES INTERVAL.