Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757224

Difficulty date
January 15, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N21108
Make and model
Boeing 757224
Aircraft serial
27298
Part
Skin
Part number
DAMA11W1S
Condition
Loose
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT'S AND PASSENGERS REPORTED SMELLING SMOKE AT DOOR L2 WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE CONNECTOR PLUG FOR VDU TO LAV'S MONITOR BURNED. THE WIRES ABOVE L2 DOOR LAV WERE DISCONNECTED, CAPPED, AND STOWED. THE VIDEO MONITOR AT SEATS 7ABC WAS PLACARDED INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE ALSO FOUND UPPER FUSELAGE PANELS AT STA 700 FORWARD OF ANTENNA AND AFT OF UPPER BEACON LEAKING WATER INTO PASSENGER CABIN, WHICH CAUSED THE CONNECTOR TO BE BURNED. THE UPPER BEACON WAS ALSO LEAKING. THE FUSELAGE PANELS AND UPPER BEACON WERE REMOVED, CLEANED, RESEALED, AND REINSTALLED.