Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 717200

Difficulty date
January 8, 2020
Submitted
January 24, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N938AT
Make and model
Boeing 717200
Aircraft serial
55098
Aircraft time
44,957 hours, 31,841 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Dented
Location
Rt Wing Te Flap
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

DENT INSPECTION RHS AFT MOVABLE VANE, UPPER SKIN - QTY 6. #5) APPROX 25" FROM O/B EDGE & 4.5" FROM T/E. 5) DENT DIMENSIONS WIDTH 1.3" X DEPTH 0.024" APPROX 25" FROM O/B EDGE & 4.5" FROM T/E. IAW B717 SRM 57-53-01 AD 1 ACCOMPLISH DVI AND TAP TEST FOR POSSIBLE DISBOND AT EVERY C CHECK OR 3,000 CYCLES. DENT ORIGINALLY DOCUMENTED, INSPECTED, MEASURED BY AIRTRAN/SWA DECAL COND MONITOR. REPAIRED AT C CHECK INTERVALS. DENT LAST INSPECTED 16,658 CYCLES. C/W DVI AND TAP TEST IAW B717 SRM 57-53-01 AD1. NO FURTHER DAMAGE FOUND. TAP-TEST ACCOMPLISHED ON DENTED AREA 27DEC21, DENT #5 WAS FOUND DISBOND OF LENGTH: 1.000IN X WIDTH:0.750IN, AND THE OTHERS DENTS NO DISBONDS WERE FOUND PER DC-MD/BOEING NDT SPM PART 5, 05-10-02.001. RH AFT MOVABLE VANE UPPER SKIN APPROX 25.00IN FROM O/B EDGE AND 4.500 IN FROM T/E WAS REPAIRED PER B717 SRM 51-70-02-0G. PROCEDURE GENERAL OF REFERENCE OF B717 SRM 57-53-01-2R-1 PAR 4 AND WAS ATTENDED WITH NRC 00156. (LP #1774883)

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