Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757224

Difficulty date
February 4, 2025
Submitted
February 11, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N21108
Make and model
Boeing 757224
Aircraft serial
27298
Aircraft time
104,237 hours, 25,274 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
146N8730
Condition
Dented
Location
Zone 100
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

REF L/P 3744746 & AVO 14096 - VISUAL INSP - FOUND STR-19L AT BS 1650 - UPPER RADIUS DEFORMED (DENTED) APPROX 3 " LENGTH, WIDTH = 1.65 X 0.080 DEPTH. A/Y= 20.625, OUT OF SRM 53-00-03-1A-1 LIMITS. TEST PER AVO14096 REV B STEP 12 AND 13, VERIFIED SUCCESSFUL REWORK OF S-19L AND PERFORMED INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL HFEC INSP 757 NDT PT6 51-00-19, NO CRACKS CONFIRMED. OK TO CONTINUE. REF AVO 14096 REV B STEP 11, PERFORMED HFEC 757 NDT PT6 51-00-19 REWORKED S-19L BACK TO ORIGINAL CONTOUR, PER SRM 51-70-01-2R-1 COMPLIED WITH STEP 12 OF AVO14096 REV B. INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL INSPECTION, NO CRACKS CONFIRMED. REPAIR 1 PER AVO14096 REV B, REQUIRES HFEC BY INSPECTION. HFEC PER 737 PART 6- E C 51-00-00 PROCEDURE 23. NO CRACKS FOUND. PERFORMED STEP 14 OF AVO14096 REV B, CUT DAMAGED S-19-L OUT AND HFEC C/W POST STEP 14 OF AVO 14096 STRINGER REMOVAL. PERFORMED REVISION C, STEP 18, HFEC INSPECTION PER BOEING 757 REMOVED. INSPECTION REQUIRED FOR HFEC STEPS 15 & 16. NDT PART 6, 51-00-19, AT THE CHEM-MIL RADIUS FROM THE INTERIOR SIDE 3 INCHES FORWARD AND AFT OF THE SKIN TRIM-OUT. NO CRACKS FOUND. QC121349 C/W STEP 16 AVO 14096 REV B / C/W STEP 14 AVO 14096 REV C- HFEC C/W AVO 14096 REV C STEP 15 - HFEC BEND RADII S-18L NO HFEC OF CUT EDGES OF S-19L PER AVO 14096 REV B, STEP 15 ON OPEN HOLE INSP AT S-19L. NO DISCREPANCIES. NO CRACKS. 7075-0 AND HEAT TREATED TO 7075-T62 REF PO # 3747337 & ALUM HEAT TREAT