Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7472D7B

Difficulty date
April 28, 2010
Submitted
May 5, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N524MC
Make and model
Boeing 7472D7B
Aircraft serial
21784
Aircraft time
101,810 hours, 21,118 cycles
Engine
Ge CF650E2
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Rt Wing
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

THIS EO DOCUMENTS A MAJOR REPAIR. DURING C-CHECK, CORROSION WAS DETECTED COMMON TO LST SIDE WING INTERSPAR SKIN (65B14451-3 WING UPPER SKIN PANEL NR 1) AFT OF REAR SPAR , WS 415 LOCATION - (REF FIGURE 1).THE CORROSION WAS BLENDED OUT IAW THE SRM 57-30-01 FIGURE 1; THE FLANGE WAS BLENDED TO MINIMUM THICKNESS. REMAINING MATERIAL THICKNESS MEASUREMENT WAS PERFORMED AND FOUND 0.176 INCH, WHILE THE NOMINAL MEASURED THICKNESS IS 0.235 INCH. (REF. FIGURE 2 {NDT REPORT}).THE BLENDOUT DESCRIBED IS STRUCTURALLY ACCEPTABLE WITHOUT ANY REINFORCEMENT IAW MFG MESSAGE: IAI-TLS-10-0021-01C (SR 1-1567652132) CORROSION BLEND-OUT (1" X .7500") ACCOMPLISHED IAW SRM 57-30-01 FIG 1 ON 65B14451-3 (WING UPPER SKIN PANEL NR 1) SKIN AFT OF REAR SPAR, WS 415, AT INTERFACE WITH 65B11616-* (UPPER FIXED T/E PANEL INSTL, WBL 198.6 TO WBL 163. T/E PANEL). A MINIMUM 0.176 INCH REMAINING THICKNESS WAS VERIFIED BY NDT INSP REPORTED (REF FIG 2 {NDT REPORT}). LEVEL 1 CORROSION.

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