Service difficulty report · Wedge · Boeing 7673S2F

Difficulty date
October 10, 2024
Submitted
October 10, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N291FE
Make and model
Boeing 7673S2F
Aircraft serial
63134
Aircraft time
2,576 hours, 1,300 cycles
Part
Wedge
Part number
114T3100419G
Part serial
A0170000402
Condition
Dented
Location
Nr 6 Slat Te
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
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

DURING CURRENT HMV VISIT IN IND ON N291FE, MX DIS DENT DMG TO THE SUBJECT # 6 SLAT TRAILING EDGE WEDGE. THIS TYPE OF DAMAGE IS MOST LIKELY CAUSED BY HAIL WHILE IN SVC .MX MAPPED ALL THE DENTS ON THE WEDGE AND DIS THAT THE DMG IS OUTSIDE OF THE DMG LIMITS PER B767-300F SRM 57-43-02-1A DUE TO DISTANCES BETWEEN THE DENTS AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS. NOTE 'K' REQ MIN DISTANCE OF 1.75 MULTIPLIED BY THE DIAMETER OF THE LARGEST DENT. ALL DENTS HAVE A/Y VALUES OVER 10 AND ALL DENTS ARE MUCH LESS THAN 0.120" IN DEPTH. THERE WERE A FEW DENTS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN 1 INCH FROM THE EDGE. ALL DENTS WERE FOUND SMOOTH, FREE FROM SHARP CREASES, GOUGES, OR CRACKS AND NO DISBONDS OR DELAM. DENT #113 WAS A LARGER DENT AND REQUIRES AN EXTERNAL DBLR REPAIR. THE DATA WAS SENT TO BOEING FOR ANALYSIS. ALL OTHER DENTS WERE FOUND TO BE STRUCTURALLY ACCEPTABLE AS-IS WITHOUT REINFORCED REP. BOEING MESSAGES FED-FED-24-0715-06B CONTAINS THE MAPPING AND STATEMENTS FROM BOEING STATING THAT THE DENTS ARE STRUCTURALLY ACCEPTABLE STRUCTURALLY ACCEPTABLE AS A PERMANENT REPAIR PER 767-300F SRM 51-00-06. DENTS DEEPER THAN 0.003 INCH WITH A A/Y < 30 WILL BE FILLED PER 767-300F SRM 51-70-01. DENT #113 REQ A METAL BOND REPAIR WHICH IS REINFORCING REPAIR TO PRIMARY STRUCTURE AND CONSIDERED MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100. ISSUED EA H-5750-T0380784

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