Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757224

Difficulty date
January 11, 2021
Submitted
January 11, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14107
Make and model
Boeing 757224
Aircraft serial
27297
Aircraft time
100,112 hours, 23,586 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

A/C SUSTAINED DAMAGE JUST AFT OF STA 1620 ABOVE S-20R. DAMAGE BETWEEN STRINGERS S-19R AND S-20R. REMOVED 25 EXISTING FASTENERS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF DAMAGE FOR REPAIR. COMPLIED WITH STEPS 1 THRU 5 OF AVO 8768. PERFORMED HFEC ON TRIM OUT, PER PT 6 51-00-01, REF AVO8767 STEP 6, NO DEFECTS NOTED. OK TO CONTINUE, REF AVO8768 STEP 7. CW HFEC ON OPEN HOLES PER PT6 51-00-16, NO DEFECTS NOTED. OK TO CONTINUE, 6 53-30-03, NO DEFECTS NOTED, OK TO CONTINUE. REF AVO8768 STEP 8; CW HFEC ON COUNTERSINKS OF OPEN HOLES PER PT