Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757251

Difficulty date
November 10, 2010
Submitted
November 11, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N532US
Make and model
Boeing 757251
Aircraft serial
24263
Aircraft time
68,796 hours, 28,091 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Bs 1452-1453
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

DURING M-CHECK SCRIBE LINE DAMAGE FOUND AT S-20R LAP SPLICE FROM BS 1452.062 TO BS 1453.687, WITH (D MIN) =.031" AND (D MAX) =.219" N/R 100/12. TASK ELAPSE TIME HRS: 0000.0 RII: N SCRIBE LINE DAMAGE FOUND AT S-20R LAPSPLICE FROM BS 1452.062TO BS 1453.687, WITH (D_MIN) =.031" AND (D_MAX) =.219". THE FOLLOWING NDT INSP TO DETECT CRACKS WERE ACCOMPLISHED: UT PHASED ARRAY INSP IAW 53-00-02 PT 4 AND A DETAILED INSP AT S-20R FROM BS 1440 TO BS 1460. LOCAL SURFACE HFEC INSP IAW 51-00-19 PT 6 OF SCRIBE LINE. FOLLOW UP ACTION IS REQUIRED. ACCOMPLISH REPETITIVE FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION IAW SA5331-01215-03 AT 1500 CYCLE INTERVALS. ACCOMPLISH PERMANENT REPAIR WITHIN 50,000 TOTAL FLIGHT CYCLES.