Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
September 5, 2011
Submitted
September 9, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N663UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
27160
Aircraft time
79,097 hours, 12,829 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fuselage
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

FUSELAGE DAMAGED RT SIDE JUST AFT OF WING TO BODY FAIRING. GOUGED STA 1197 & 48 BETWEEN STRINGERS 32R AND 33R GOUGE IS 17 INCHES LONG BY 1-4 INCH WIDE AND 3-8 INCH AT THE DEEPEST POINT. PHOTOS ON THE RVI SITE. DAMAGE WAS CUTOUT AND RPR'D REF SRM RPR 14 BY INSTALLING FILLERS AND TWO DOUBLERS. INSPECTION THRESHOLD FOR THIS CAT-B RPR IS PTC:37500 WITH REPEAT INSPECTION INTERVAL OF 3,000 FLIGHT CYCLES REF SRM 53-00-01 RPR 14 TABLE V. THICKNESS OF EACH DOUBLER IS .071. ACCOMPLISH EXTERNAL LFEC REF NDT PART 6 AND EXTERNAL DETAILED INSPECTION.