Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757224

Difficulty date
August 27, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14115
Make and model
Boeing 757224
Aircraft serial
27557
Part
Skin
Condition
Lightning Strike
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
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

INSPECTION FOUND DENTS AND LIGHTNING STRIKE IN FUSELAGE SKIN APPROXIMATELY FOUR FEET FORWARD OF WING SCAN LIGHT ON LT SIDE 610 WL LONGERON 16L. THE AREA WAS CLEANED AND THE DENTS WERE FOUND WITHIN LIMITS PER SRM 53-00-01, DETAIL III. THE LIGHTNING STRIKE HOLE WAS REPAIRED PER ECRA 5330-0235 AND SRM 53-00-01, PAGE 220, ITEM 3. A DIP WAS ISSUED TO INSPECT BLIND RIVET REPAIR AT 2500 FLIGHT CYCLE INTERVALS AND TO REPLACE WITH SOLID RIVET WITHIN 12,000 FLIGHT HOURS. A PERMANENT REPAIR WAS INSTALLED SEP 28, 1996 IAW SRM 53-00-01, FIGURE 203, PAGES 206 TO 208 AND THE DIP WAS CLOSED.