Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 717200

Difficulty date
January 22, 2021
Submitted
October 16, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N988AT
Make and model
Boeing 717200
Aircraft serial
55068
Aircraft time
54,501 hours, 37,567 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Vertical Stab Le
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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

AIRCRAFT 9521, WHILE IN ATL FOR C-CHECK, MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMING INSPECTIONS PER WORKCARD 5530-01048-02 AND FAA AD 2018-10-08 ON THE VERTICAL STABILIZER LEADING EDGE AT ZFS=52.267. DURING WORKCARD ACCOMPLISHMENT, MTC REPORTED CRACK INDICATIONS AT ONE EXISTING FASTENER HOLES IN THE RH FRONT SPAR CAP LAYER FORWARD FLANGE BELOW ZFS=52.267. UPON LAYER SEPARATION, NO INDICATION WAS NOTED IN EITHER LAYER HOWEVER THE HOLE COMMON TO THE SKIN WAS NOTED TO BE ELONGATED. CORRECTIVE ACTION: THIS ER/A 589482-14 PROVIDES INSTRUCTIONS TO OVERSIZE THE HOLE IN SKIN LAYER ONLY AND ACCOMPLISH A BUSHING REPAIR PER BAC DWG SG95550001. LP 1712123

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