Service difficulty report · Shim · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
April 7, 2015
Submitted
April 9, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N698DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
29911
Aircraft time
53,284 hours, 20,192 cycles
Part
Shim
Condition
Migrated
Location
Bulkhead
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

ER/A 524905-14, REV A, NR 1 PYLON, NAC FS 159, BULKHEAD /UPPER SURFACE CENTER SECTION, SHIM MIGRATION, SUPPLEMENTAL INSPECTIONS. ER/A 524905-14, REV A IS CURRENT. SUPPLEMENTAL INSPECTIONS BASED ON THE DTA ACCOMPLISHED AS FOLLOWS: STARTING AT OR PRIOR TO 22,007 TOTAL ACFT FLIGHT CYCLES, AND REPETITITVELY EVERY 3,000 FLIGHT CYCLES THEREAFTER, ACCOMPLISH SECTION III INSPECTION INSTRUCTIONS. NOTE TO RELIABILITY, THE OVERALL CLASSIFICATION OF THIS REPAIR HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MAJOR. AN SDR NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED FOR THIS REPAIR. LP1894452.