Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757251

Difficulty date
January 30, 2017
Submitted
September 27, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N546US
Make and model
Boeing 757251
Aircraft serial
26493
Aircraft time
71,099 hours, 22,379 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

(AIRCRAFT 5646, L/P 2870917) WHILE IN C CHECK IN ATL, MTC WAS ASKED TO DISPOSITION A DENT THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY DISPOSITIONED PER THE SRM AND TRACKED BY LOG PAGE 8841850. UPON FINDING THE DAMAGE, MTC FOUND A SECOND DENT OUTSIDE OF PERMANENT ALLOWABLE LIMITS. THE DENT LOCATIONS AND DIMENSIONS (PRIOR TO REWORK) ARE DESCRIBED IN FIGURE 1 OF THIS ER/A 553167-14. AFTER ACCOMPLISHED DTE (PER LOG PAGE 2787792), THE SKIN DENTS MUST BE INSPECTED AND REPAIRED PER SRM GUIDELINES ACCORDING TO ER/A 553167-14 REV A. ASSOCIATED ER/A CHANGED FROM 00-553167 TO 14-553167 FOR AC 5646 SECTION 3 OF DELTA ER/A# 553167-14 REV. B, REPAIR OF FUSELAGE SKIN STA. 590 TO 661 STR. 14LTTO STR. 19LT ACCOMPLISHED ON LOG PAGE# 0757501. PLEASE CLOSE LOG PAGE# 2870917.