Service difficulty report · Flap · Boeing 74747UF

Difficulty date
May 17, 2010
Submitted
May 19, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N498MC
Make and model
Boeing 74747UF
Aircraft serial
29259
Aircraft time
47,281 hours, 7,154 cycles
Engine
Ge CF680C2B1F
Part
Flap
Part number
65B39011
Condition
Broken
Location
Zone 600
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
D, F
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING APPROACH, CREW SELECTED 25 DEGREE FLAPS AND LOUD THUMP FELT AND HEARD. ACFT ROLLED SLIGHTLY, CREW CORRECTED AND LANDING WAS UNEVENTFULL. ON POST-FLT WALKAROUND, FOUND LARGE SECTION OF RIGHT WING T/E, INBD FOREFLAP, OTBD END MISSSING (APPROX 12 FT.)SEPARATION ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO SEVERAL UPPER T/E WING PANELS AND FUSELAGE DAMAGE TO FRAMES, STRINGERS AND SKIN AT APPROX. BS 1600 TO 1640 , STR 18R TO 30R. TIME LIMITED REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED BY MFG IAW FRR-001 THROUGH FRR-011 TO FUSELAGE SKIN, FRAMES, & STRINGERS, BS 1640/1660, STR 19R TO STR 28R. EO 4453A377, 4457A256 ISSUED.

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