Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7472D7B

Difficulty date
April 28, 2006
Submitted
May 23, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N524MC
Make and model
Boeing 7472D7B
Aircraft serial
21784
Aircraft time
91,477 hours, 18,996 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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

L-1 DOOR EXTERIOR SKIN, UPPER HINGE CUT OUT AREA OF THE DOOR, PREVIOUS DOUBLER ON THE LOWER EDGE APPEARS TO HAVE A HAIR LINE CRACK INDICATION VISUAL INSPECTION. REMOVED CRACKED DOUBLER, FOUND DOOR SKIN WITH 1/2" CRACK AT UPPER HINGE CUT OUT LOWER AFT CORNER, STOP DRILLED CRACK DEBUR AND POLISHED AREA. FABRICATED NEW DOUBLER FROM 2024-T3 0.63, COUNTER DRILLED, TRIMMED, COUNTER SUNK AND BORED NEW DOUBLER IAW BOEING DRAWING NR 65B07563 AND 747 SRM 51-10-01.

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