Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 767232

Difficulty date
September 30, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N108DL
Make and model
Boeing 767232
Aircraft serial
22220
Part
Skin
Part number
111T30131
Condition
Corroded
Location
Center Wing
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

CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE WING CENTER SECTION UPPER SKIN AREA BETWEEN LBL 67 AND 90. THE WING SKIN WAS CORRODED ABOVE STRINGERS U-1 AND U-2 AND AT THE REAR SPAR. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS CORROSION DAMAGE TO THE REAR SPAR CAP, PRESSURE DECK WEB AND PRESSURE DECK ATTACH ANGLE. TO GAIN ACCESS TO ALL CORRODED AREAS, THE LBL 74.81 LONGTUDINAL FLOORBEAM LOWER CHORD WAS CUT FWD OF STRINGER U-2.