Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 717200

Difficulty date
March 27, 2022
Submitted
March 28, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N921AT
Make and model
Boeing 717200
Aircraft serial
55082
Aircraft time
53,845 hours, 38,377 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

AIRCRAFT 9577, 7 EXPERIENCED A TAILSTRIKE UPON ARRIVAL INTO ATL. SKIN PANEL 5919707-521 AND THE EXTERNAL DOUBLER (PN P28538) ASSOCIATED WITH THE AFT ATG4 ANTENNA INSTALLATION (ASSY P19112-2005) WERE FOUND DAMAGED BETWEEN STA 974 TO STA 994 AND LONGERON 29L TO 30. CORRECTIVE ACTION: FABRICATED A REPLACEMENT EXTERNAL ATG4 MOD DOUBLER (FIG. 1, ITEM 50), AND REPLACEMENT INTERNAL ATG4 MOD DOUBLER (FIG. 1, ITEM 100) FROM 0.071 THICK 2024-T3 CLAD SHEET, ENLARGED TO FIT THE FASTENER PATTERN SHOWN IN FIGURE 4. FABRICATED A REPLACEMENT SKIN CUTOUT FILLER (FIG. 1, ITEM 90) FROM 0.063 THICK 2024-T3 CLAD SHEET ENLARGED TO FIT THE DAMAGE CUTOUT. (LP 2172254)

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