Service difficulty report · Angle · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
September 12, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N646UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
25283
Aircraft time
89,339 hours, 14,284 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Angle
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 1 Pylon
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

NR 1 PYLON MID SPAR O/B LOWER TANG CLOSE OUT ANGLE, HFEC INDICATES CRACKED O/B MOST AFT FASTENER (CRACK INDICATED ON AFT SIDE) :CORRECTION-SHOULD BE MID SPAR I/B LOWER TANG. :VERIFIED CRACK WITH FPI INSPECTION AND NOTIFIED FOREMAN. PERM REPAIR WAS ACP'D REF ECRA 5400-01140. CRACK WAS STOP DRILLED AND VERIFIED BY HFEC. ACP'D CLOSE OUT ANGLE REPAIR PER FIG 1, 2, AND 3 OF THE ECRA. ACCOMPLISH PERMANENT REPAIR NO LATER THAN 10/SEP/14 BY REPLACING MIDSPAR FITTING. BOEING RECOMMENDS THAT THE SIP SB 767-54-0080 BE PERFORMED UPON THE UPCOMING PERMANENT REPAIR.