Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 747230B

Difficulty date
December 4, 2008
Submitted
December 5, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N512MC
Make and model
Boeing 747230B
Aircraft serial
21220
Aircraft time
118,021 hours, 21,968 cycles
System (JASC)
5751 · Ailerons
Part
Skin
Condition
Delaminated
Location
Lt Wing Aileron
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

LT WING OUTBOARD AILERON UPPER SURFACE HAS 3 AREAS WITH PREVIOUS REPAIRS DELAMINATING. DELAMINATION AT WBL 883.0 AREA IS 3.5 BY 2.0 INCHES, LOCATED 9.5 INCHES FROM T/E, WBL 991.0 AREA IS 4.0 BY 2.0 INCHES, LOCATED 8.5 INCHES FROM T/E AND AT WBL 1033 AREA IS 7.5 BY 2.0 INCHES, LOCATED 7.5 INCHES FROM T/E OF AILERON. PERMANENT REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED AS PER SRM 51-40-09, FIG 7, SHEETS 1, 3 AND 4 PREPREG LAYUP 250 DEGREES CURE PER SRM 51-40-12. WEIGHT AND BALANCE NEGLIGIBLE, PREVIOUS REPAIRS REMOVED, SAME MATERIAL AMOUNT OF WEIGHT MATERIAL INSTALLED PER SRM 51-80-01. ALSO, REFERENCE ATLAS AIR EO NR 4757A470.