Service difficulty report · Fitting · Boeing 747228F

Difficulty date
May 20, 2003
Submitted
July 22, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N809MC
Make and model
Boeing 747228F
Aircraft serial
20887
Part
Fitting
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

DURING C-CHECK AT SIN, FOUND LT NOSE CARGO DOOR PORTAL FRAME CRACKED ON FUSELAGE AT BS 281, WL 312 AND LBL 40, REF SRM 53-10-04 FIG 97. THE NOSE CARGO DOOR PORTAL FRAME CRACK WAS REPAIRED BY MODIFYING SRM 747-53-10-04 FIGURE PER REF TO MATCH THE REPAIR GEOMETRY. THE REASON FOR DEVIATION FROM SRM, IS WHEN INSTALLING THE REPAIR SRM STEEL ANGLE, SHORT EDGE MARGINS WERE ENCOUNTERED AND TWO FASTENER HOLES WERE NOT FOUND ACCORDING TO THE SRM. AT THE TWO MISSING FASTENER HOLES, INSTALLED BACB30NX6K INSTEAD OF THE CALLED FOR BACB30NX8K PER SRM. AT THE SHORT EDGE MARGIN LOCATIONS, IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO INSTALL 5 REPAIR FASTENERS INSTEAD OF 6. THE REPAIR WAS CONFIRMED BY REF B AND C. (M)