Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757251

Difficulty date
November 10, 2010
Submitted
November 12, 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 1598-1605
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-14R LAP SPLICE FROM BS 1598.75 TO BS 1605.812, WITH (D MIN)=.156" AND (D MAX)=.313"N/R 200/10. SCRIBE LINE DAMAGE FOUND AT S-14R LAP SPLICE FROM BS 1598.750TO BS 1605.812, WITH (D MIN)=.156" AND (D MAX)=.313". THE FOLLOWING NDT INSPECTIONS TO DETECT CRACKS WERE ACCOMPLISHED: LOCAL SURFACE HFEC INSP IAW 51-00-19, PT 6 AND A DETAILED INSPECTION OF SCRIBE LINE. FOLLOW-UP ACTION IS ACCOMPLISH REPETITIVE FOLLOW-UP INSP IAW SA5331-01215-03 AT 1500 CYCLE INTERVALS. ACCOMPLISH PERMANENT REPAIR WITHIN 50,000 TOTAL FLIGHT CYCLES.