Service difficulty report · Structure · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
November 30, 2012
Submitted
January 14, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N651UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
25389
Aircraft time
89,990 hours, 14,231 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Structure
Condition
Dented
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

SCRATCH AND DENT FOUND BETWEEN STA 478- 522 S38-36R BELOW FWD CARGO DOOR SCRATCH 34.5" WAVE. WAVE FORM 6".DENT IS 10" LONG 3.5" WIDE DEPTH .147. FOUND ON ARRIVAL TO LHR. DENT DAMAGE EXCEEDS SRM 53-00-01 FIG 101 LIMITS. EC-RA 5330-04380 FOLLOWED FOR INTERIM REPAIR. ACCESS GAINED TO ADJACENT STRUCTURE, NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED GOUGE BLENDED PER SRM 53-00-01 FIG 101 DETAIL II. DEEPEST AREA OF BLEND 6" AFT OF STN478 BLENDED OUT TO .010" 130252. ACP'D HFEC INSPECTION PER NTM PART 6-51-00-01 AND NO CRACKS NOTED. CONFIRMED DENT IS SMOOTH, FREE FROM CRACKS AND GOUGES, AND THERE IS NO OIL CANNING. ACP A PERMANENT REPAIR.