Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 767323

Difficulty date
February 21, 2021
Submitted
February 22, 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

INNER FUSELAGE SKIN PANEL STA 1193 BETWEEN STR-28L AND 29L, PN 146T3252-1: AN EXISTING DEEP GOUGE WAS FOUND AND WAS BLENDED OUT AS PER SRM B767-300 SRM 53-00-01 ALLOWABLE DAMAGE 1. AFTER THE BLEND AND DRILL OUT (0.250"), THE MEASURED MINIMUM FUSELAGE SKIN THICKNESS WAS 0.052", A 26% REDUCTION FROM THE NOMINAL SKIN THICKNESS OF 0.071", WHICH IS ABOVE THE ALLOWABLE DAMAGE LIMITS OF 15% SKIN THICKNESS REDUCTION AS PER B767-300 SRM 53-00-01 ALLOWABLE DAMAGE 1. UNABLE TO PERFORM PLUG FASTENER REPAIR DUE TO REDUCTION OF THICKNESS. THE BLEND OUT IS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM PIPE INLET AT STA 1197 -STA1197+11 STR 27L – STR 28L, WHICH MEANS THAT BLEND OUT FALLS WITHIN THE NO REPAIR ZONE BY A FUSELAGE SKIN CUTOUT AS PER B767-300 SRM 53-00-01 REPAIR RESTRICTION, FIG 202.