Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 74747UF

Difficulty date
October 10, 2010
Submitted
October 12, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N415MC
Make and model
Boeing 74747UF
Aircraft serial
32837
Aircraft time
36,460 hours, 5,798 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL1E2
Part
Skin
Condition
Punctured
Location
Bs 2594 S42l
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

DURING JACKING OF ACFT, MX PUNCTURED AN EXISTING REPAIR DOUBLER THROUGH THE UNDERLYING SKIN, LOCATED AT SECTION 48, BS 2594 ABOVE STRINGER 42R TAIL JACK PAD AREA. PUNCTURE MEASURING 5.0 IN. LENGTH X 1.750 WIDTH. DISPOSITION WAS MADE TO PERFORM PERMANENT REPAIR BASED IN THE SRM 53-00-01 FIG 201, REPAIR 11 GUIDELINES. AFTER THE REPAIR DOUBLERS WERE REMOVED, AN ADDITIONAL CRACK WAS FOUND (REF. FIGURE 1 (SHEET 4 OF 6)). THE ORIGINAL DAMAGE/REPAIR FIRST OCCURRED IN 2003 AND A REPAIR WAS INSTALLED, THEN IN 2007, GROUND DAMAGE PUNCTURED THE REPAIR DOUBLERS SO THEY WERE REMOVED REPLACED THEM WITH AN IDENTICAL REPAIR AS THE FIRST REPAIR (REF TLS EO 4453A034 REV A). THE REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED IAW PART 1 OF THIS EO IAW SRM 53-00-01, FIG 201, REPAIR 11 IS A CATEGORY A PERMANENT REPAIR.

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