Service difficulty report · Seal · Boeing 747451

Difficulty date
March 30, 2011
Submitted
April 7, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N664US
Make and model
Boeing 747451
Aircraft serial
23819
Aircraft time
91,419 hours, 11,520 cycles
Part
Seal
Condition
Worn
Location
Vertical Stab
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

FUSELAGE SKIN AND VERT STAB RT SEAL INTERFACE HAVE WEAR STA 2280-2416. MAX DEPTH: 0.005" BLEND OUT, MEASURE AND RECORD SIZE, CHECK LIMITS PER SRM 53-00-0 1 ALLOWABLE DAMAGE 1. 515462 LIU CHUN FU 149342 PER ER/A 489971-14AD BLEND OUT THE WORN. AND DAMAGE IS WITHIN LIMITS PER ER/A 489971-14AD. JOB COMPLETED 8T2010900043 2011-07-26 ORIG MAT 0.063", DAMAGE DIM. L16" W0.1" D0.005".