Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757224

Difficulty date
June 20, 2007
Submitted
June 28, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N57111
Make and model
Boeing 757224
Aircraft serial
27301
Aircraft time
52,709 hours, 11,956 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Delaminated
Location
Rudder
Component
Rudder · 173N210113
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 RUDDER TRAILING EDGE SKIN WAS FOUND DELAMINATED OVER AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 0.50 INCH BY 1.9 INCH AT RUDDER STA 175. THE DELAMINATION WENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE THICKNESS OF THE LT RUDDER PANEL AND APPROXIMATELY 20% OF THE THICKNESS OF THE RT RUDDER PANEL. THE RUDDER SKIN WAS REPAIRED IAW ECRA 5540-01236.