Service difficulty report · Wedge · Boeing 747481

Difficulty date
December 8, 2009
Submitted
August 13, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N429MC
Make and model
Boeing 747481
Aircraft serial
24833
Aircraft time
77,830 hours, 10,402 cycles
Engine
Ge CF680C2B1F
Part
Wedge
Condition
Damaged
Location
Rt Elevator
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

THE PURPOSE OF EO 4455A032 IS TO DOCUMENT A MAJOR REPAIR. WHILE PERFORMING A-CHECK INSP, MX REPORTED DAMAGED OF THE RT INBD HORIZ STAB ELEVATOR T/E MEASURING 2.750 IN LONG AND 3.0 IN INTO THE T/E WEDGE. (PERMANENT REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED IAW THE SRM 55-20-01 FIG 201, REPAIR 1. PREPARED, CLEANED AND REPAIRED AREA OF DAMAGE ON RT ELEVATOR INBD T/E IAW SRM 55-20-01-2R-1. PREPARED, CLEANED, MASKED, PRIMED AND PAINTED AREA OF REPAIR IAW 51-20-01-06-0)