Service difficulty report · Mount · Boeing 7472D7B

Difficulty date
July 28, 2011
Submitted
August 2, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N524MC
Make and model
Boeing 7472D7B
Aircraft serial
21784
Aircraft time
105,635 hours, 21,872 cycles
Part
Mount
Part number
65B941004
Part serial
000085
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 4 Engine
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 OF THE NR 4 PYLON REAR ENGINE MOUNT NAC STA 270 BULKHEAD, 1 CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE SUBJECT UPPER SIDE RT BULKHEAD CHORD (PN 65B94107-54) FROM THE MOST INBD FLANGE TOWARDS THE SECOND FASTENER HOLE. THE CRACK IS APPROX 1.72" LONG. (THE DAMAGE WAS REMOVED FROM THE FRAME FLANGE BY TRIMMING. THE REPAIR AREA WAS DET AND HFEC INSPECTED TO ENSURE ABSENCE OF CRACKS OR OTHER DAMAGE. NEW REPAIR ANGLES WERE INSTALLED ON BOTH THE FWD AND AFT SIDES OF PYLON NR 4. THE REPAIR PARTS WERE INSTALLED WITH HI-LOK FASTENERS AND BMS 5-95 SEALANT.

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