Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 767323

Difficulty date
February 21, 2021
Submitted
February 21, 2021
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
MK1Y325K
Bedek Aviation Group
Aircraft
N385AM
Make and model
Boeing 767323
Aircraft serial
27059
Aircraft time
102,560 hours, 16,713 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fuselage
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

FUSELAGE SKIN PANEL, STA 919.5, STR 19L- STR 20L, P/N 145T3321-4, AN EXISTING AREA OF CORROSION WAS FOUND AND WAS BLENDED OUT AS PER SRM B767-300 SRM 53-00-01 ALLOWABLE DAMAGE 1. AFTER THE BLEND OUT, THE MEASURED MINIMUM FUSELAGE SKIN THICKNESS WAS 0.178", A 20% REDUCTION FROM THE NOMINAL SKIN THICKNESS OF 0.223", WHICH IS ABOVE THE ALLOWABLE DAMAGE LIMITS OF 15% SKIN THICKNESS REDUCTION AS PER B767-300 SRM 53-00-01 ALLOWABLE DAMAGE 1. THE BLEND OUT IS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE REAR OVER-WING EMERGNCY EXIT DOOR, WHICH MEANS THAT THE BLEND OUT FALLS WITHIN THE NO REPAIR ZONE BY A FUSELAGE SKIN CUTOUT AS PER B767-300 SRM 53-00-01 REPAIR, FIG 202.