Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 767332

Difficulty date
April 12, 2025
Submitted
April 13, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N172DZ
Make and model
Boeing 767332
Aircraft serial
29691
Aircraft time
103,538 hours, 21,898 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 100
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

-AD- EM-EO TASK - OPEN HOLE HFEC INSPECTION FOUND 01 EA CRACK AT 7 O'CLOCK POSITION AT #4 FASTENER LOCATION ON THE FUSELAGE SKIN LAYER. ONLY AT THE FORWARD SERVICE DOOR CUTOUT AFT LOWER CORNER AS MARK. REPAIR IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO FURTHER FLIGHT. AMOC TO AD 24-05-03 MAY BE REQUIRED. REFER TO AA 5331-01288. A 0.1" LONG CRACK WAS FOUND AT THE #4 FASTENER HOLE OF THE FWD SERVICE DOOR CUTOUT AFT LOWER CORNER. THE CRACK WAS TRIMMED OUT AND REPAIRED TRANSFER TO W/C 5331-01288-04. THIS REPAIR IS CATEGORY B REPAIR, REQUIRING INSPECTIONS EVERY 3,000 FLIGHT CYCLES STARTING FROM THE LATER OF EITHER 6,000 FLIGHT CYCLES AFTER THE REPAIR INSTALLATION OR 37,500 FLIGHT CYCLES AFTER AIRPLANE DELIVERY PER B767-300 SRM 53-10-01-2R-1 FIG 202 REV 127.00 18MAR25. (LP #0909233)