Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 7472D7B

Difficulty date
July 22, 2011
Submitted
July 29, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N524MC
Make and model
Boeing 7472D7B
Aircraft serial
21784
Aircraft time
105,635 hours, 21,872 cycles
Part
Frame
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 480
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 THE PRESENT C4-CHECK, CRACKS WERE FOUND AT BS 480 SIDE BETWEEN S-27L AND S-28L. BOTH CRACKS WERE REPORTED AT 2 FASTENER HOLES RUNNING FWD WITH LENGTHS 0.25" AND 0.125" RESPECTIVELY. (CARRIED OUT A CATEGORY B REPAIR BASED ON SRM 53-30-03, FIG 1 (WITH SUBSEQUENT INSPECTIONS IAW TABLE IV). DAMAGED AREA WAS TRIMMED, A FILLER PLUS A DOUBLER WERE INSTALLED AS SHOWN IN FIG 1.)

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