Service difficulty report · Nozzle · Boeing 7472D7B

Difficulty date
July 13, 2011
Submitted
July 23, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N524MC
Make and model
Boeing 7472D7B
Aircraft serial
21784
Aircraft time
105,635 hours, 21,872 cycles
Part
Nozzle
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 1 Exhaust
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 'C4/A4' CHECK OF ACFT, MX FOUND 2 CRACKS ON THE NR 1 ENGINE EXHAUST NOZZLE OUTER SKIN AT 12 O'CLOCK POSITION (REFER TO FIG 1 AND 2 ). (THE CRACKS CAN BE REPAIRED IAW THE ENGINE MANUAL (ESM) TASK 78-11-01-300-011. REPAIR 78-11-01 REPAIR 011. THIS REPAIR CALLS FOR REMOVAL OF THE EXHAUST NOZZLE, SEPARATING THE OUTER COWL AND PERFORMING A POST WELD HEAT TREATMENT. MX DOES NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED EQUIPMENT TO ACCOMPLISH THE POST WELD TREATMENT. DISPOSITION IS TO ACCOMPLISH THE ESM 78-11-01 REPAIR 011, WITHOUT DISASSEMBLY OF THE EXHAUST NOZZLE, EXCLUDE THE POST WELD HEAT TREATMENT AND ACCOMPLISH DVI OF THE REPAIR AREA AT EVERY 'A' CHECK. THE NOZZLE IS TO BE R & R AT THE NEXT 'C' CHECK.)

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