Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757324

Difficulty date
July 16, 2026
Submitted
July 20, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N57857
Make and model
Boeing 757324
Aircraft serial
32816
Aircraft time
64,533 hours, 20,517 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
143N3691
Condition
Ground Damage
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

WHILE SERVICING OXYGEN, LIFT TRUCK RAILING CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE RT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE AFT OF THE FWD CARGO DOOR. FOUND THE DENT BETWEEN STR 22 AND 23 RT, BS 657, DEPTH IS .105 INCHES; LENGTH IS 4 INCHES; WIDTH IS 3-28/32 INS IAW SRM 53-00-00 DENT IS 1-12/32 INCHES FWD OF THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL SPLICE FASTENER; ALSO, DENT IS 26/32 INCH BEFORE STRINGER 23; DAMAGE IS LESS THAN 3 INS FROM A SKIN SPLICE: THUS, THE DAMAGE IS OUTSIDE OF ALLOWABLE DAMAGE LIMITS. A/Y EQUALS 38 WITH IAW SRM 53-00-01-1A-1, FIGURE 101, DETAIL III. ACP HFEC INSP IAW NTM PT 6-51-00-19, NO CRACKS FOUND, IAW SRM 53-00-01-1A-1, FIG 101, SHEET 5, DETAIL III. ACCOMPLISHED STEPS 1-6 OF AVO 17872. COMPLETED REPAIR IAW ECRA 5330-07797.