Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
January 5, 2010
Submitted
May 24, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N663UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
27160
Aircraft time
71,880 hours, 11,777 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
System (JASC)
5751 · Ailerons
Part
Skin
Condition
Gouged
Location
Aileron
Component
Aileron
Component part number
113T6118A
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

RT INBD AILERON IS GOUGED ON LOWER SURFACE. DAMAGE MEASURES .5" BY 10" IN LENGTH. PREPPING TO REMOVE AILERON. DURING THE RT INBD AIL OPS TEST, ACFT FAILS TEST. ALL OTHER TEST REQUIREMENTS CK NORMAL. ACCOMPLISHED REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION OF ROBBED AILERON IAW MM. COMPLETED INSTALL OF AILERON IAW MM. DURING TEST FOUND SPOILERS 6 & 7 DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY DURING SINGLE HYDR SYS OPS. AFTER RESET THEY WILL WORK TWICE AND LOCK OUT. TRIED SEVERAL SCM'S 3R. SEVERAL FROM STOCK AND SWAPPED POSITION WITH OTHER SCM'S, NO HELP. WILL REQUIRE FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING. RT WING INBD AILERON POSITION TRANSMITTER CONTROL CRANK EARS ARE CRACKED. REPLACED AS REQUIRED. REPLACED CONTROL CRANK AND ADJUSTED, OPS NORMAL.