Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7378BK

Difficulty date
November 15, 2018
Submitted
November 16, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N815SY
Make and model
Boeing 7378BK
Aircraft serial
30623
Aircraft time
50,626 hours, 29,131 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Loose
Location
Lt Wing
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

LH WING INBOARD FIXED LEADING EDGE SKIN HAS SEVERAL LOOSE FASTENERS INBOARD OF PYLON. REMOVED 20 RIVETS COMMON TO WING FRONT SPAR AND 6 RIVETS COMMON TO SEAL RIB AND REAMED AS REQUIRED TO REMOVE DAMAGE FROM HOLES AND CLEAN COUNTERSINKS. HOLES ARE REAMED TO .247 FOR I/4 INCH STANDARD HI LOCKS AND .216 FOR 2ND O/S 3/16 HI LOCKS. HOLES REQUIRE HFEC OPEN HOLE AND COUNTERSINK INSPECTION. REAMED HOLES AS RERQUIRED TO PASS NDT REQUIREMENTS. 8TH AND 9TH OPEN HOLES FROM INBOARD END STILL HAVE CRACK INDICATION IN COUNTERSINKS WITH HOLE DIAMETER OF .262". HFEC OF OPEN HOLE AND COUNTERSINK ACCOMPLISHED. NO CRACKS FOUND IN OPEN HOLE INSPECTION. FOUND CRACKS IN COUNTERSINKS OF THE 8TH AND 9TH HOLES FROM INBOARD END. REAMED HOLES AS REQUIRED TO REMOVE CRACK INDICATIONS. HOLE # 8 WAS REAMED TO .278" AND HLOE # 9 WAS REAMED TO .315" DIA. TO ACHIEVE CRACK FREE INDICATION. HFEC ACCOMPLISHED TO CONFIRM CRACK FREE AT THIS DIAMETER. NDT WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND NO DEFECTS NOTED ON HOLES 8 AND 9 ANYMORE. OK TO INSTALL FASTNERS. CUT OUT DAMAGE AT #8 AND #9 HOLES. 21/4 X 11/4 INCHES .063. REQUIRES HFEC INSPECTION. FABRICATED FILLER OUT OF 2024 T-3 .063. SURFACE HFEC OF SKIN CUTOUT ACCOMPLISHED. NO CRACKS FOUND. FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER AND FILLER FOR DISCREPANT HOLES #8 AND #9 AND INSTALLED REPAIR. INSTALLED FASTENERS IN REMAINING HOLES.

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