Service difficulty report · Scuff Plate · Boeing 7377BD

Difficulty date
September 17, 2021
Submitted
April 27, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7751A
Make and model
Boeing 7377BD
Aircraft serial
36717
Aircraft time
43,609 hours, 22,223 cycles
Part
Scuff Plate
Condition
Cracked
Location
Aft Cargo Bay
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

AFT CARGO BAY ; AFT CORNER SCUFF PLATES IS CRACKED ; / [01] WELDED CRACKED RADIUS OF ACB; AFT CORNER SCUFF PLATE USING ER4043 FILLER ROD LOT#1131216 PER SRM 53-60-15-2R-1 PARA 4.B.(2) (4); [02] VERIFIED WELDED AFT CARGO DOOR AFT CORNER SCUFF PLATE REPAIR SRM 53-60-15-2R-1 PARA 4.B.(2) (4); [03] FLUORESCENT DYE PENETRANT INSPECTED REPAIRED AREA IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOEING SOPM 20-20-02 METHOD C. NO CRACKS NOTED.<BR><BR>CALIBRRATED EQUIPMENT USED: RADIOMETER - ATS1681.; [04] SANDED REPAIR WELD SMOOTH IAW SRM 53-60-15-2R-1 PARA 4.B.(5).<BR>CALIBRATED EQUIPMENT USED IN STEP 2: WELDING MACHINE E105893 S/N: KJ256554; [05] VERIFIED THE REPAIR WELD IS SANDED SMOOTH PER SRM 53-60-15-2R-1 PARA 4.B.(5).; [06] OK TO INSTALL; [07] OK TO INSTALL AFT CORNER SCUFF PLATE; [08] INSTALLED AFT CORNER SCUFF PLATE IAW SRM 53-11-02-420-801.; [09] VERIFIED CORRECTIVE ACTIONS STEP 8.

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