Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757251

Difficulty date
November 20, 2010
Submitted
November 22, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N537US
Make and model
Boeing 757251
Aircraft serial
26484
Aircraft time
47,619 hours, 16,795 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
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 L-CHECK WHILE WORKING EA 56-209491 SECTION IV REPAIR PART A DAMAGE REMOVAL/INSP, INSPECTORS FOUND FURTHER DAMAGE. REMOVE AND DISCARD THE EXISTNG DOUBLER CUT OUT DAMAGE APPROX 9.5 X 10" HFEC INSPECTED IAW NTM 51-00-19, PART 6 THE EDGE OF THE SKIN TRIM OUT TO ENSURE THAT NO CRACKS EXIST HFEC INSPECTED FASTENERS HOLES COMMON TO THE SKIN REPAIR IAW NDT MANUAL FABRICATE THE REPAIR PARTS AS SHOWN IN FIG 1. FABRICATE AND INSTALL FILLERS AS REQ WEIGH THE FILLERS REPAIR DOUBLERS AND TRIPLER. INSTALL REPAIR PARTS 1 MAT USED 2024T3 .063"C BATCH NR 1905681 IDENTIFY THE REPAIR AS ENGINEERING APPROVED. RESTORE AND GAIN ACCESS. ACCOMPLISHED TEMPORARY REPAIR IAW ER/A 486726-14 REV-ORIGINAL-SECTION 1. THE SECTION 11 OF THIS ER/A IS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN 24 MONTHS FROM 19 NOV 2010 OR WITHIN 3000FC AFTER SEC 1 REF.