Service difficulty report · Structure · Boeing 76738E

Difficulty date
September 22, 2011
Submitted
October 19, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N641GT
Make and model
Boeing 76738E
Aircraft serial
25132
Aircraft time
67,274 hours, 20,554 cycles
Part
Structure
Condition
Corroded
Location
Galley
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

THE FWD GALLEY WAS FOUND WITH HONEYCOMB PANEL DAMAGE. CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE FWD U-CHANNEL AND THE COUNTERTOP SURFACE WAS FOUND DAMAGED. REMOVAL OF THE BONDED COUNTERTOP SURFACE RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE UNDERLYING COMPOSITE PANEL. CORROSION WAS ALSO FOUND ON THE VERTICAL ANGLES OF THE GALLEY. (A NEW U-CHANNEL AND COUNTERTOP WORK SURFACE WAS FABRICATED FROM THE SAME MATERIAL AS THE OEM CHANNEL AND INSTALLED IAW THE CMM. THE VERTICAL ANGLES (FACE TRIM) WERE TRIMMED TO REMOVE ALL CORROSION AND NEW SECTIONS WERE FABRICATED, BONDED INTO PLACE. THE COMPOSITE STRUCTURE WAS REPAIRED USING CMM REPAIR MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES.)

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