What was found
LOWER FUSELAGE BS 500 + 5", S27-28R, SMALL DENT IN EXTERNAL SURFACE, FOUND GOUGE IN BOTTOM OF DENT, DENT IS OUT OF LIMITS AFTER BLENDING. REMOVED DAMAGE, FABRICATED, AND INSTALLED REPAIR IAW SRM 53-00-01, REPAIR 7.
- Difficulty date
- January 8, 2014
- Submitted
- January 9, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N542US
- Make and model
- Boeing 757251
- Aircraft serial
- 26489
- Aircraft time
- 50,281 hours, 19,971 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Bs 500
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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