Service difficulty report · Splice Plate · Boeing 7472L5B

Difficulty date
August 26, 2010
Submitted
August 27, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N815SA
Make and model
Boeing 7472L5B
Aircraft serial
22107
Aircraft time
96,368 hours, 19,493 cycles
Part
Splice Plate
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

HFEC INSP FOUND SPLICE PLATE CRACK APPROX 1 INCH ON BS 400 S45R O/B LWR CHORD OF BULKHEAD AREA. CRACKED END STOP DRILLED AS PER SRM 53-30-03 FIGURE 35 REVISION 117. HFEC INSPECTION CARRIED OUT AROUND STOP DRILL HOLE AND FOUND CRACKED CONTAINED. FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLERS USING MATERIAL AMS 5518-0.050 INCH AND HOLES PICKED UP AS PER SRM 53-30-03 FIGURE 35 REVISION 117. CADMIUM PLATING CARRIED OUT ON THE FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLERS AS PER BOEING SOPM 20-42-01 REVISION 23 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SRM 53-30-03 FIGURE 35 REVISION 117. FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLERS PROTECTED AND INSTALLED AS PER SRM 51-10-02 AND SRM 53-30-03 FIGURE 35 REVISION 117.

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