Service difficulty report · Fairing · Boeing 7472D7B

Difficulty date
August 30, 2011
Submitted
September 2, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N523MC
Make and model
Boeing 7472D7B
Aircraft serial
21782
Aircraft time
104,519 hours, 21,333 cycles
Part
Fairing
Condition
Broken
Location
Thrust Reverser
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

ENGINE EXHAUST -NR 2 ENGINE RT UPPER INNER FAIRING REPLACEMENT - DURING THE CURRENT C-CHECK, THE UPPER INNER FAIRING WAS FOUND BROKEN (PARTIAL MISSING) AT FWD SECTION. A REPLACEMENT UPPER INNER FAIRING (PN: 9059M49P002C) HAS BEEN ORDER FOR REPLACEMENT IAW EM 78-32-03, REPAIR 006. HOWEVER, IT IS FOUND THAT THE NEWLY ORDERED PART DOES NOT MATCH THE EXISTING RIVET HOLES, HENCE IT DOES NOT MATCH THE EXISTING CONFIGURATION OF NR 2 RT THRUST REVERSER (PN 9105M20G14, SN R504-220). THE REPLACEMENT UPPER INNER FAIRING IS SMALLER THAN THE REMOVED PART; BECAUSE THE NEW PART IS POST GE S/B 78-043 WHICH REDESIGNS THE UPPER INNER FAIRING TO ELIMINATE A POTENTIAL INTERFERENCE BETWEEN THE ENGINE FAN FRAME AND THE FAN REVERSER OUTER CORNER FAIRINGS. (DISPOSITION IS TO INSTALL THE REPLACEMENT UPPER INNER FAIRING (PN 9059M49P002C) IAW EM 78-32-03, REPAIR 006 AND PLUG THE UNUSED HOLES WITH RIVETS.)

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