Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 767375

Difficulty date
March 20, 2021
Submitted
March 24, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1709A
Make and model
Boeing 767375
Aircraft serial
24086
Aircraft time
95,932 hours, 22,670 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Scratched
Location
Crown
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

MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED SCRATCHES ON THE FUSELAGE SKIN CROWN AREA BETWEEN DOOR STA 923 AND STA 1540 BETWEEN STR 2L AND STR 3L AS RECORD IN NRC NO. 76226-NR-0055. THE AFFECTED AREA ARE LOCATED AROUND THE ELT ANTENNA.(<DIV> MAINTENANCE REMOVED THE SCRATCHES TO A SMOOTH CONTOUR PER B767-300 SRM 51-10-02 AND RESTORED THE SURFACE FINISH.</DIV><P STYLE="MARGIN: 0IN 0IN 0.0001PT;">PERFORMED A HIGH FREQUENCY EDDY CURRENT (HFEC) INSPECTION AND FOUND NO CRACKS. PERFORMED AN OPEN HOLE HFEC INSPECTION AT ALL OPEN HOLES, NO DEFECTS FOUND. ALL WORK ACCOMPLISHED PER ATLAS AIR EO 6753A926 REV 0 DATED 19MAR21.</P>)