SDR UIEA2011061100296

Service difficulty report · Intercostal · Boeing 7472D7B

Difficulty date: June 11, 2011
Submitted: June 14, 2011
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N522MC
Make and model: Boeing 7472D7B
Aircraft serial: 21783
Aircraft time: 108,674 hours, 21,759 cycles
System (JASC): 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
Part: Intercostal
Condition: Cracked
Location: Bs 1265
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

FOUND A CRACK DURING A C4/A12-CHECK. (PART 1, TIME-LIMITED REPAIR WAS ACCOMPLISHED AT BY TRIMMING THE FRAME WEB, REPLACING THE INTERCOSTAL WEB AND SPLICING IN NEW SEGMENTS OF FRAME INNER CHORDS. THE PART 2 PERMANENT OR INTERIM REPAIR IS REQUIRED W/N 1,000FC OR 24M, WOF AFTER 10JUN11.)

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