Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 777232LR

Difficulty date
March 2, 2017
Submitted
March 2, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N705DN
Make and model
Boeing 777232LR
Aircraft serial
29742
Aircraft time
40,924 hours, 3,632 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

EXISTING BLENDOUT AT STA 1990 , S-28L TO S-29L MEASURED AND FOUND OUT OF LIMIT: ORG THK 0.075", MATERIAL REMAINED 0.056" (L=1.4' X 1.2") AS PER SRM 53-00-01 FIG 102. DAMAGED AREA TRIMMED OUT (L=2" X 1") AND REPAIR CARRIED OUT AS PER SRM 53-00-010 REPAIR 7 FIG 202. THIS REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS CATEGORY B REPAIR.