Service difficulty report · Flange · Boeing 777FS2

Difficulty date
September 29, 2020
Submitted
October 23, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N856FD
Make and model
Boeing 777FS2
Aircraft serial
37727
Aircraft time
40,754 hours, 6,336 cycles
Part
Flange
Part number
111W220251
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

DURING ULTRASONIC INSPECTION AND HIGH FREQUENCY EDDY CURRENT OPEN HOLE INSPECTION CARRIED OUT ON REMOVED FASTENER HOLES ON LEFT HAND SIDE VERTICAL FLANGE OF THE SPAR CHORD AT UNDERWING LONGERON LOWER WING BODY STATION 1035 APPROXIMATELY LEFT BUTT LINE 82 AND FOUND 01 EACH LOWEST OUTBOARD HOLE WITH CRACK INDICATION, AS MARKED. WING CENTER SECTION LEFT HAND SIDE VERTICAL FLANGE OF FRONT SPAR LOWER CHORD AT UNDERWING LONGERON LOWER WING AT BODY STATION 1035 APPROXIMATELY LEFT BUTT LINE 82 01 EACH LOWEST OUTBOARD HOLE CRACKED REPAIR CARRIED OUT, AS PER B777 SRM 57-10-10-2R FIGURE 202 REPAIR 1 AND EA G-5710-T357142 P1. TITLE: FUSELAGE- MAINFRAME DEVIATIONS TO SB-777-53-0087 AND SRM 57-10-10 REPAIR 1-OVERSIZED HOLE ON WING CENTER SECTION FRONT SPAR LOWER CHORD. THIS EA DEVIATES FROM EO G-5310-E0332629 H. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR, PER GMM 6-2-100.

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