Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7572Y0

Difficulty date
September 1, 2010
Submitted
September 2, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N930FD
Make and model
Boeing 7572Y0
Aircraft serial
25240
Aircraft time
57,415 hours, 17,967 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 223.5
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

DENT AT BS 223.5 ABOVE S23L , EXT FUSELAGE SKIN WAS DETERMINED " OUT OF LIMITS " AND "REWORKED TO ORIGINAL CONTOUR" BY PREVIOUS OPERATOR, SRM REQUIRES A REPAIR BE ACCOMPLISHED EVALUATED DENT. CRACK INDICATIONS NOTED PER NDTM, PT.6, 51-00-19. CRACK: 1.5", W=.002". FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS PER SRM 53-00-01. FIG.101, P.102. ACCOMPLISHED SKIN REPAIR AT BS 223.5, S23L, PER SRM 53-00-01, FIG.201, PP. 201-207. CAT. "B" MAJOR REPAIR WITH THE FOLLOWING TRACKING: INITIAL AT 25,000 FC, THEREAFTER EVERY 6,000 FC, USING HFEC. MAJOR REPAIR.

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