Service difficulty report · Wedge · Boeing 7572G5

Difficulty date
January 13, 2011
Submitted
January 13, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N943FD
Make and model
Boeing 7572G5
Aircraft serial
23929
Aircraft time
64,335 hours, 22,005 cycles
Part
Wedge
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 5 Slat
Component
Slat
Component part number
114N300265
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

NR 5 L/E SLAT UPPER SURFACE, T/E WEDGE, BETWEEN INBD TRACK AND MID-TRACK HAS A TEMP. REPAIR OF A DENT. (CURRENT SRM REQUIRES PERM. REPAIR AT C-CHECK) REPAIRED NR5 SLAT IAW SRM 57-43-02, REPAIR NR1. FINAL REPAIR DIMENSION IS 3" DIAMETER. THE SLAT ASSY P/N IS : 144N3002-65, S/N: A1-0204. REPAIR IS LOCATED AT APPROX. 36" FROM INBD END. REF EA F-5740-146243 FOR TRACKING. MAJOR REPAIR.

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