Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757224

Difficulty date
February 17, 2020
Submitted
February 24, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N34131
Make and model
Boeing 757224
Aircraft serial
28971
Aircraft time
87,598 hours, 18,616 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
141N32317
Condition
Corroded
Location
Lav Serv Panel
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

FWD LAVATORY SERVICE PANEL IS BULGING AT RIGHT AFT CORNER AND ALSO HAS A RIVET HEAD PULLING THROUGH. REMOVED FWD LAVATORY SERVICE PANEL AFT R/H CORNER HAS CORROSION,BURNISHED CORROSION REF SRM 51-10-10. SKIN IS .080 THICK REF SRM 53-10-10 . NEED TO VERIFY HOW MUCH MATERIAL WAS REMOVED REF 51-10-02. -00-10 FOUND REMAINING MATERIAL THICKNESS TO BE .030 MINIMUM PERFORMED DIGITAL THICKNESS TEST OF REMAINING MATERIAL REF NDT51 AREA AFT LOWER CENTERLINE AREA ADDITIONAL REF FOR THICKNESS REMAINING NTM PT4 00-04-02 PERFORMED EWIS TO LAV PANEL AERA REF AMM 20-60-07. AS PER IAH ESC PERFORM 0.50" GRID OF DAMAGED AREA, TO RECORD REMAINING SICKNESS. PART-4-00-04-02. COMPLIED WITH SKIN THICKNESS CHEK OF DAMAGED AREA IAW NTM CUT OUT DAMAGE REF AVO#ESC200209-0131-B, PARA A STEP 3. A-C. NEED TO HFEC INSPECT TRIM OUT EDGE TO ENSURE NO FURTHER DAMAGE OR CRACKS EXIST REF AVO#ESC200209-0131-1B PARA A STEP 4. FURTHER DAMAGE OR CRACKS EXIST REF AVO#ESC200209-0131-1B PARA A STEP 4. NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. COMPLIED WITH HFEC INSPECT OF TRIM OUT EDGE TO ENSURE NO REF ABOVE ENTRIES COMPLIED WITH STEPS 1-5 OF PARA A (DAMAGE REMOVAL AND INSPECTION) OF AVO#ESC200209-0131-1C OTHER DISCREPANCIES NOTED (DAMAGE REMOVAL AND INSPECTION) OF AVO#ESC200209-0131-1C. NO REF ABOVE ENTRIES VERIFIEDCOMPLIANCE OF STEPS 1-5 OF PARA A COMPLIED WITH STEPS 6 AND 7 OF PARA A (DAMAGE REMOVAL AND INSPECTION)REF AVO#ESC200209-0131-1C AND INSPECTION)REF AVO#ESC200209-0131-1C . NO OTHER DISCREPANCIES NOTED. VERIFIED COMPLIANC