Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 74747UF

Difficulty date
May 27, 2009
Submitted
May 14, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N418MC
Make and model
Boeing 74747UF
Aircraft serial
32840
Aircraft time
28,613 hours, 4,362 cycles
Engine
Ge CF680
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
Location
Bs 1765 S34r
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING WALKAROUND INSP DAMAGE WAS FOUND TO THE FUSELAGE SKIN RT BS 1765, S34 (LAP SPLICE) DENT DAMAGE MEASURING 1.5 IN LONG, 0.500 IN. WIDTH AND 0.045 DEPTH. (REF FIGURE 1). LOCATED 15.0 IN. FWD OF CARGO DOOR CUTOUT AND 7.0 IN ABOVE CARGO DOOR SWITCH CUTOUT. "DISPOSITION WAS MADE TO PERFORM A TIME LIMITED REPAIR AS DESCRIBED IN PART 1 WORK INSTRUCTIONS, INITIATE REPETITIVE DVIS AT EVERY 10FC AND PERMANENT REPAIR AT THE NEXT A CHECK AFTER PART 1 IN ACC WITH THE SRM 53-00-01 FIG 201, REPAIR 10."

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