Service difficulty report · Spar · Boeing 767300

Difficulty date
July 15, 2006
Submitted
August 4, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596HA
Make and model
Boeing 767300
Aircraft serial
23276
Aircraft time
59,458 hours, 28,903 cycles
Part
Spar
Condition
Damaged
Location
Horizontal Stab
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

LT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER FWD AUXILIARY SPAR, UPPER MATING SURFACES FOR REMOVABLE LEADING EDGE HAS NUMEROUS SCRATCH MARKS. BLENDED NUMEROUS SCRATCH MARKS ON L/H HORIZONTAL STAB. FWD, AUX SPAR, UPPER SPAR MATING SURFACE FOR REMOVABLE LE. DEEPEST MEASUREMENT OBTAINED WAS 0.009". BENDES FOUND TO BE WITHIN LIMITES. ALODINED AND PRIMED BLEND AREAS. WORK DONE IAW SRM 55-10-10, MM51-21-04, 51-21-10. CUMULATIVE BLEND IS 1.2" LONG BY 0.5" WIDE. ORIGINAL THICKNESS: 0.100".REMAINING THICKNESS (LOWER) 0.091. WORK DONE IAW BOEING DWG 185T4000.

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