Service difficulty report · Intercostal · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
March 19, 2012
Submitted
April 13, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N663UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
27160
Aircraft time
81,430 hours, 13,149 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Intercostal
Condition
Gouged
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

INTERCOSTAL IN AREA OF DAMAGE IS DENTED. REMOVED DAMAGE INTERCOSTAL. REPLACEMENT PART ON ORDER. PER ENGINEERING REMOVED 5 FASTENERS AND MAPPED OUT DAMAGE AREA FOR SKIN THICKNESS CHECK. ACCMP'D THICKNESS INSP OF BLENDED AREA, FOUND THICKNESS BLEND TO BE .046 INCH OR 23% OTHERS WERE .016, .002 AND .002. COMPLETED BLENDING OF 4 AREAS. CURRENT PTT 81,389.24 GOUGE AT RT FUSELAGE BS 1373. GOUGE WORKED AS PER EC-RA#5330-04217. OK TO CONTINUE IN SERVICE FOR 50 FLYING HOURS MAX. ACCMP'D PERMANENT REPAIR PER ECRA 5330-04217.