Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 717200

Difficulty date
July 2, 2024
Submitted
July 3, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N974AT
Make and model
Boeing 717200
Aircraft serial
55034
Aircraft time
58,292 hours, 40,837 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Cracked
Location
Vertical Stab
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

WHILE IN ATL FOR SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE AND DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF WORKCARD 5530-01048-02, MAINTENANCE REPORTED CRACK INDICATIONS AT TWO EXISTING FASTENER LOCATIONS IN THE RH FRONT SPAR CAP LAYER FORWARD FLANGE. SUBJECT FASTENERS ARE IDENTIFIED AS HOLE 4 AND HOLE 5 BELOW ZFS=52.267. MAINTENANCE REPORTED THAT THE CRACK INDICATION WAS ISOLATED TO THE SKIN LAYER ONLY WITH NO CRACKS REPORTED IN THE SPAR CAP. THE HOLES ARE COMMON TO AN EXISTING WRAP AROUND DOUBLER INSTALLED PER B717 SRM 55-30-01 REPAIR 7. ER/A 600805-14 AUTHORIZES THE BUSHING OF MULTIPLE HOLES, TRIMMING OF THE SKIN COMMON TO HOLE 5, REPAIR OF THE INTERNAL BONDED DOUBLER, AND INSTALLATION OF AN ENLARGED EXTERNAL DOUBLER.

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