Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7472D7B

Difficulty date
July 28, 2004
Submitted
August 18, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N523MC
Make and model
Boeing 7472D7B
Aircraft serial
21782
Part
Skin
Part number
65B941004
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 1 Nacelle
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 SCHEDULE MAINTENANCE, FOUND CRACK DAMAGE AT PRE-COOLER EXHAUST CUTOUT LOWER AFT CORNER AT NAC STATION 248, NR 1 PYLON. TRIMMED THE NR 3 STIFFENER BASE BOTTOM TO REMOVE THE CRACK. TRIMMED THE SKIN ASSEMBLY AND WINDOW STRAP. NDT INSPECTED EACH REPAIR AREA, INCLUDING HFEC INSPECTION OF ALL REPAIR FASTENER LOCATIONS AND TRIMMED EDGES TO ENSURE ABSENCE OF CRACKS, CORROSION AND ANY OTHER DAMAGE. INSTALLED ALUMINUM FILLER AT EACH TRIMMED AREA. THE NR 3 STIFFENER WAS REINFORCED WITH A NEW STEEL LOWER REPAIR ANGLE FROM NAC STATION 235 TO NAC STATION 254. THE RIB INSTALLATION AT NACELLE STATION 248 WAS MODIFIED TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW STEEL REPAIR ANGLE INSTALLATION ON THE NR 3 STIFFENER. (M)

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