Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 767232

Difficulty date
September 8, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N105DA
Make and model
Boeing 767232
Aircraft serial
22217
Part
Skin
Part number
146T32212
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1255-1270
Stage of operation
IN
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

FUSELAGE SKIN FS 1255-1270, STRINGER 38L-39L, CRACK REPAIR. WHILE ACCOMPLISHING REPETITIVE HFEC INSPECTION OF EXISTING SKIN DENTS BETWEEN FS 1255 AND 1260 AND BETWEEN S-38L AND 39L, THREE SMALL CRACKS WERE DETECTED. THE CRACKS WERE CUTOUT OF THE SKIN. AN EXSITING DOUBLER REPAIR WAS ADJACENT TO THIS LOCATION AND REMOVED. THE PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED DAMAGE CUTOUT AND THE NEW DAMAGE CUTOUTS WERE REPAIRED WITH A SINGLE ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER ER/A 368192-14.