Service difficulty report · Spar Cap · Lkheed 10113853

Difficulty date
July 7, 2000
Submitted
July 14, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N764DA
Make and model
Lkheed 10113853
Aircraft serial
193H1202
Aircraft time
72,659 hours, 15,930 cycles
System (JASC)
5711 · Wing Spar
Part
Spar Cap
Part number
1605415102
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Wing
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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 ACCOMPLISHING REPETITIVE INSPECTIONS OF PREVIOUSLY OVERSIZED AND BUSHED HOLES IN THE UPPER SPAR CAP OF THE RT WING BETWEEN IWS 319 & 346, ADDITIONAL HOLE DAMAGE AND CRACK INDICATIONS WERE FOUND. ALL HOLES WERE OVERSIZED TO REMOVE DAMAGE/CRACKS. BUSHED AND REPAIRED WITH A STEEL ANGLE ON THE SPAR, ALUMINUM DOUBLER ON THE SKIN, AND ALUM DOUBLERS ON THE WEB PER ER/A 377719-14AD, REV A.