Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757223

Difficulty date
June 21, 2012
Submitted
July 3, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N633AA
Make and model
Boeing 757223
Aircraft serial
24591
Aircraft time
67,386 hours, 24,039 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Te Flap
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

LEFT OUTBOARD AFT FLAP BOTTOM SIDE HAS AREA DELAMINATION JUST AFT OF THIRD TRACK FROM INBOARD END. REMOVED DELAMINATED SKIN AND CORE TO 0.5 DEPTH. BONDED IN NEW CORE PLUG. HOT BONDED GRAPHITE PRE-PREG LAY-UP PERMANENT REPAIR OVER CORE PLUG PER SRM 51-70-04-0G.