Service difficulty report · Beam · Boeing 74748EF

Difficulty date
October 9, 2026
Submitted
October 10, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N419MC
Make and model
Boeing 74748EF
Aircraft serial
28367
Aircraft time
121,274 hours, 20,941 cycles
Part
Beam
Condition
Damaged
Location
Zone 200
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

WHILE ACCOMPLISHING SB747-53A2562 R3, FOUND EXISTING PANEL HOLE TOO CLOSE TO NEW BEAM (05EA) AT STA 340. FASTENER INTERFERENCE CONDITIONS WITH HORIZONTAL STIFFENERS ON LHS NOSE WHEEL WELL AT STA 340, WL 130 - WL 170 RECTIFIED WITH THE HORIZONTAL STIFFENER FLANGES LOCALLY TRIMMED TO ALLOW FASTENER INSTALLATION AS PER EN #3479-26 REV. 0. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS "MAJOR REPAIR" AND CATEGORIZED AS "CATEGORY B" PERMANENT REPAIR WITH INSPECTION THRESHOLD OF 35,000 TOTAL FLIGHT CYCLES. INSPECTION INTERVAL NOT REQUIRED (THRESHOLD IS AT LOV) AND INSPECTION METHOD NOT REQUIRED (THRESHOLD IS AT LOV) AS PER EN 3479-26 REV.0. NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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