Service difficulty report · Stringer · Boeing 7472D7B

Difficulty date
July 27, 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
Stringer
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 525 S27l
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

INSPECTION FOUND VISUALLY, A CRACK AT BS 525 IN STRINGER 27L DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION. THE STRINGER CRACK IS COMMON TO AN EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER BETWEEN STRINGERS 26L AND 28L THAT HAS A REPETITIVE INSPECTION REQUIREMENT ACCOMPLISHED BY EO 4753A832. SEE FIG 1 FOR VIEWS OF DAMAGE. THIS WAS DOCUMENTED ON NRC FVY512036. (THE DAMAGE WAS REMOVED BY CUTTING THE STRINGER AT STA 550 AND REPLACING THE CRACKED SECTION WITH A NEW STRINGER SECTION FROM PRODUCTION SPLICE AT STA 520 TO REPAIR SPLICE AT STA 550. THE STRINGER AT STA 550 WAS SPLICED IAW 747-0/200/300, SRM 53-10-03, FIG 1 DETAILS I & III. SEE FIG 2 FOR DETAILS OF THE REPAIR.)

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