Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757251

Difficulty date
April 30, 2011
Submitted
May 2, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N531US
Make and model
Boeing 757251
Aircraft serial
23846
Aircraft time
72,678 hours, 29,915 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Chafed
Location
Nr 8 Slat
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

NR 8 SLAT T/E LWR SKIN CHAFED. REMOVED DAMAGED SKIN, REMOVED CORE, FABRICATED REPAIR PARTS AND BONDED IAW SRM 57-43-01, FIG 1 & 51-70-10, FIG 202 SHT NR 8 REPAIR NR4 R & R SLAT IAW MM 27-81-02. OPS CHECK ON NR 22, ZONE 520. PAINTED IAW MM 51-24-13. EXT. DOUBLER DIMS. 8.20" X 5.70 INTERNAL DOUBLER DIMS. 4.4" X 3.9" FILLER DIMS. 1.2" X 2.4".