Service difficulty report · Heat Shield · Boeing 747446

Difficulty date
April 28, 2011
Submitted
May 3, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N459MC
Make and model
Boeing 747446
Aircraft serial
26344
Aircraft time
69,058 hours, 13,567 cycles
Part
Heat Shield
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 4 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

DURING INSP, THE NR 4 ENGINE INB CORE COWL HEATSHIELD WAS FOUND DAMAGED. REF TO FIG 1 & AMP; 2 FOR DETAILS. A REPAIR SRM 54-45-01, REPAIR 3 WILL BE PERFORMED BUT THERE IS NIL STOCK OF 321 CRES AMS5510 REPAIR DOUBLER WITH THICKNESS OF 0.005" (REQUIRED IAW SRM 54-45-01, REPAIR 3, TABLE 201) AND NIL STOCK OF RIVET GUN TO INSTALL CR2664-4-2 (REQUIRED IAW SRM 54-45-01, REPAIR 3, FIG 201). THE RIVET CR2664-4-2 IS ALSO NOT IN-STOCK. USE AISI 321 REPAIR DOUBLER WITH THICKNESS OF 0.025" IN-LIEU OF 0.005". B) INSTALL REPAIR RIVETS BACR15CE4M* IN-LIEU OF CR2664-4-2.)