Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 747409F

Difficulty date
March 4, 2010
Submitted
March 5, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N18723
Make and model
Boeing 747409F
Aircraft serial
34266
Aircraft time
15,052 hours, 2,508 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Bs 2060-2760
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

SERVICE BACK, LARGE AMOUNT OF TAIL STRIKE WAS FOUND ON EXTERNAL SKIN FROM STA 2060 TO STA 2760 BETWEEN STR 49R AND 49L. THE DAMAGE TYPES CAN BE OBSERVED AS SKIN WEAR OUT, SKIN CRACK, RIVET WEAR OUT, AND POSSIBLE FRAME DEFORMED. SUBJECT ACFT SUFFERED TAIL STRIKE DURING TAKEOFF, BASED ON THE REPORTED TAKEOFF WEIGHT WAS 827,311 LBS AT THAT TIME. HAVE PERFORMED EXTERNAL DETAIL VISUAL INSP OF FUSELAGE SKIN AND FOUND BS 2180 FRAME WEB DEFORMED BETWEEN STRINGER 50R-50L. IN ADDITION, BEFORE BS2360, SEVERAL AREAS OF SKINS, WHERE FRAME TENSION TIE JOINT, ALMOST WEAR OUT AND APPEAR CRACKING. ALL ABOVE DAMAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO MFG AS A PRIORITY OF AOG (SR 1-1536126633, MAR-4-2010). ONCE MFG RESPONSE, THE APPROPRIATE DISPOSITIONS WILL BE FOLLOWED.