Service difficulty report · Shim · Boeing 75728A

Difficulty date
April 9, 2013
Submitted
April 11, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N972FD
Make and model
Boeing 75728A
Aircraft serial
28203
Aircraft time
55,509 hours, 17,737 cycles
Part
Shim
Part number
311N50435
Condition
Migrated
Location
Nr 1 Pylon
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

NR 1 PYLON UPPER SURFACE UPPER LINK FITTING HAS SHIM MIGRATION. EVALUATED MIGRATED SHIM MAXIMUM MIGRATION IS 0.120, FOUND TO BE WITHIN LIMITS IAW SRM 54-50-90, REPAIR 6 FIG 201. THIS IS CLASSIFIED AS REPAIR CATEGORY B.

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