Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 747481

Difficulty date
April 10, 2011
Submitted
April 11, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N429MC
Make and model
Boeing 747481
Aircraft serial
24833
Aircraft time
83,121 hours, 11,359 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Nacelle
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

ENGINE COWLING - NR 4 RT ENGINE CORE COWL OUTER SKIN - CRACK - REPAIR - DURING MX WALKAROUND, MX FOUND A CRACK ON THE NR 4 RT CORE COWL OUTER SKIN. THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL CRACK IS APPROX 1 IN LONG. THE LENGTH OF THE CRACK EXCEEDS THE SRM LIMITS. (DISPOSITION IS TO STOP DRILL THE LOWER ENDS OF THE CRACK WITH A 0.250 IN. DIAMETER HOLE; DVI EVERY 3 FLIGHT CYCLES; AND A PERMANENT REPAIR AT THE NEXT A-CHECK AFTER PART 1; EO 4471A070, SRM 51-10-02, SRM 54-41-01 FIG 101, SRM 54-41-01 FIG 201, RPR 3, DER 8110-3 FORM DTD 10APR11.)