Service difficulty report · Static Wick · Boeing 717200

Difficulty date
February 27, 2012
Submitted
February 29, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N487HA
Make and model
Boeing 717200
Aircraft serial
55132
Aircraft time
16,136 hours, 38,952 cycles
Part
Static Wick
Condition
Broken
Location
Rt Wing
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
D

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

RT WING SCRATCHED POSITION LIGHT LENS, SCRATCHED UNDERSIDE OF WINGTIP AND BROKE OFF STATICK WICK. BLENDED SCRATCH ON RT WINGTIP SKIN OTBD AREA NEAR STATIC WICKS IAW AMM 57-30-01. REMOVED RT WING AFT POSITION LIGHT. EDDY CURRENT CHECK ON AND AROUND SUSPECT DAMAGED AREA OF WINGTIP. NO CRACK INDICATIONS. INSTALLED RT WING AFT POSITION LIGHT IAW AMM 32-42-06. REPLACED RT WING STATIC DISCHARGER IAW AMM 23-61-01. REMOVED ALL BUT 2 (EA) FASTENERS FOR RT WING TIP ASSY. INSTALLED FASTENERS ON RT WING TIP ASSY.

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