Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757351

Difficulty date
September 19, 2018
Submitted
September 21, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N582NW
Make and model
Boeing 757351
Aircraft serial
32981
Aircraft time
56,606 hours, 18,695 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
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

ON WALK AROUND FOUND CRACKS AND CORROSION, SECTION 48 JUST ABOVE FWD EDGE OF LEFT APU DOOR. APPROX STA 1870. REMOVED DAMAGE AND CORROSION BY CUTTING OUT AFFECTED SKIN. VISUALLY INSPECTED AND PERFORMED HFEC OF CUTOUT EDGE PER NDTSPM 51-00-19, NO DEFECTS NOTED. FABRICATED FILLER AND DOUBLER. ACCOMPLISHED OPEN HOLE HFEC INSPECTION OF ALL FASTNER HOLES IN FIG 1 OF PRI 571625-14 REV O PER NDT PART 6 51-00-16-00, NO CRACKS NOTED. THE REPAIR WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED ON A NON-ROUTINE AND DOOR WILL BE REINSTALLED. JOB COMPLETE.