Service difficulty report · Panel · Boeing 7472D7B

Difficulty date
December 29, 2010
Submitted
December 30, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N524MC
Make and model
Boeing 7472D7B
Aircraft serial
21784
Aircraft time
103,932 hours, 21,541 cycles
Part
Panel
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 318
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 A-CHECK INSP, CRACK WAS FOUND AT BS 318 LBL 20 AREA. THE CRACK WAS LOCATED ON THE TOP PANEL ALONG THE EDGE OF THE STIFFENER (PN: 65B13797-50), THE CRACK RUN FROM FWD TO AFT AND THE LENGTH OF IT WAS APPROX 1.5 INCH (FIG 1). (REPAIR WAS ACCOMPLISHED IAW PROPOSAL REPAIR (HKA-TLS-10-0018-01C), SRM 53-10-04, FIG 119 AND SR 1-1769311396 (FIG 2) AND IT WAS APPROVED BY FAA 8100-9 DATED 29 DEC, 2010 (FIG 3). IAW FAA FORM 8100-9, THE REPAIR IS TIME LIMITED REPAIR, AND NEED PERMANENT REPAIR AT 22,000 TFC IAW PART 3 OF EO 4753A458RB (REF SB 747-53A2562R2).

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