SDR DALA13072885642

Service difficulty report · Intercostal · Boeing 757251

Difficulty date: December 22, 2013
Submitted: January 2, 2014
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N542US
Make and model: Boeing 757251
Aircraft serial: 26489
Aircraft time: 50,281 hours, 19,971 cycles
System (JASC): 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
Part: Intercostal
Part number: 144N818048
Condition: Corroded
Location: Bs 1040-1060
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: O
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

MLG WHEEL WELL, BS 1040-1060 INTERCOSTAL CORRODED AROUND FASTENER HOLES RBL 5 FWD OF GEAR DOORS. BLENDED DAMAGED AREA AND FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-00-004, FIG 101, DETAIL VP 103. FABRICATED NEW INTERCOSTAL IAW DWG 144N8180, SHEET 3, REV. D AND SMAL P0245084. R & R INTERCOSTAL IAW SRM 51-40-02 AND DWG: 144N5180, SHEET 3, REV D.