Service difficulty report · Door · Boeing 7378H4

Difficulty date
July 18, 2026
Submitted
July 23, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N8518R
Make and model
Boeing 7378H4
Aircraft serial
63593
Aircraft time
31,519 hours, 15,811 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 800
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

RIGHT MLG INBD GEAR DOOR, FWD SIDE OF AFT HINGE HAS SUSPECTED CRACK APPROX 1/4 LONG. PEERFORMED HFEC INSP IAW NDT MANUAL 51-00-00, PROCEDURE 23, CRACK CONFIRMED. LENGTH APPROX 1/4" LONG FWD SIDE OF AFT HINGE. COMPLIED WITH HFEC INSPECTION OF DAMAGE AREA REMOVAL PER NDT PART6 51-00-00 PROCEDURE 23 NO DEFECTS NOTED. MACHINED WEB TO REMOVE CRACK IN RT MLG INNER DOOR IAW SRM 52-80-02-1A-2. FLAP PEENED THE BLENDED SURFACES IAW SRM 51-20-06, APPLIED CHEMICAL CONVERSION COATING TO REWORKED AREA IAW SRM 51-20-01 ALSO APPLIED TWO LAYERS OF PRIMER IAW SRM 51-20-01, APPLIED DECORATIVE FINISH IAW AMM 51-21-73. INSTALLED INBD RT MLG DOOR IAW AMM 32-13-11.

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