Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7472D7B

Difficulty date
July 28, 2004
Submitted
September 2, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N523MC
Make and model
Boeing 7472D7B
Aircraft serial
21782
Part
Skin
Part number
65B904511
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 3 Pylon
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 SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, FOUND CRACK DAMAGE AT PRE-COOLER EXHAUST CUTOUT LOWER AFT CORNER AT NACELLE STATION 248, NR 3 PYLON. TRIMMED THE NR 3 STIFFENER BASE BOTTOM TO REMOVED 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 NACELLE STATION 235-254. 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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