Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7478F

Difficulty date
November 16, 2025
Submitted
December 17, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N607UP
Make and model
Boeing 7478F
Aircraft serial
64265
Aircraft time
32,415 hours, 4,645 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
65B14227125
Condition
Damaged
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

FOUND SCRATCH 3FT AFT OF LH AOA PROVIDING CORRECTED SRM REF UPDATE FOR ASSOCIATED MAINTENIX BARCODE [T3F18E007SYGS] BLENDED GOUGE AT LOCATION 328 BS BETWEEN S22 AND S23 BLENDED DAMAGED AREA PER SRM 51-10-02-0G-0. EVALUATION FOUND HORIZONTAL SCRATCH THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 25 INCHES IN LENGTH. ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE SCRATCH THERE ARE 5 DISTINCT DENT IMPRESSIONS OF VARYING DEPTHS. THE DENT IMPRESSIONS ARE LABELED 1 THRU 5. #1 DEPT 0.057, #2 DEPT 0.064, #3 DEPT 0.074, #4 DEPT 0.010, #5 DEPT 0.038. AT THE FRONT OF SCRATCH THERE IS A SLIGHT DEPRESSION 0.008 DEPT.

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