Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
July 20, 2018
Submitted
July 24, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N654DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
24394
Aircraft time
88,735 hours, 36,692 cycles
Part
Frame
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

HFEC SHOWS CRACKS AT TWO RIVETS JUST BELOW STRINGER S-14L, STA 1640, FIRST INDICATION ON INSIDE EMANATING FROM UNDER STRAP PROGRESSING FWD TO RADIUS AND THE SECOND INDICATION EXTERNALLY VISIBLE AND END MARKED PROGRESSING AFT FROM RIVET. TOP CRACK APPROX. .375 AND LOWER APPROX. .625 REPAIR MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE FURTHER FLIGHT. ACCOMPLISHED REPAIR PER ERA 570000-14AD REV ORIG.