Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757251

Difficulty date
August 21, 2012
Submitted
August 23, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N521US
Make and model
Boeing 757251
Aircraft serial
23209
Aircraft time
80,900 hours, 34,388 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fuselage
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

FOA 2 INCH HOLE IN FUSELAGE BELOW AND AFT OF L4 DOOR THRESHOLD OPENED AFT CARGO. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER PER ERA 506410-14 REV ORIG PRI INSTRUCTIONS MATCH ERA506410-14 REV ORIG REPAIR GOOD PER ERA CLOSED AFT CARGO BIN AFT BULKHEAD WALL COMPLETED ALL STEPS ON PRI 506410-14 REV 0,1 AND 2.