Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7673S2F

Difficulty date
August 28, 2020
Submitted
September 9, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N107FE
Make and model
Boeing 7673S2F
Aircraft serial
44377
Aircraft time
12,063 hours, 4,755 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
143T32257
Condition
Gouged
Location
Zone 100
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

FUSELAGE, FWD LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN AT STATION 773 STRINGER 36 LT FOUND WITH EXISTING BLEND OUT WITH GOUGE MARK. FWD LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN AT STATION 773 STRINGER 36 LT EXISTING BLEND OUT WITH GOUGE MARK, EVALUATED AND FOUND EXCEED LIMIT PER B767 SRM 53-00-01-1A ALLOWABLE DAMAGE 1 FIGURE 101 DETAIL II. DAMAGED FUSELAGE SKIN AREA AT STATION 773 STRINGER 36 LT CUT OUT AND REPAIRED, AS PER B767 SRM 53-00-01-2R REPAIR 12 FIGURE 201. CATEGORY B REPAIR WHICH REQUIRES SUPPLEMENTAL INSPECTIONS AS GIVEN IN TABLE 202. INSPECTION THRESHOLD: 30,000 FLIGHT CYCLES AFTER AIRPLANE DELIVERY, REPEAT INSPECTIONS: ALTERNATIVE I, METHOD: INTERNAL-HIGH FREQUENCY EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION AND EXTERNAL DETAILED VISUAL, INTERVALS: 9,000 FLIGHT CYCLES, REFERENCE: NON DESTRUCTIVE TEST PART 6, 51-00-01. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100.

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