Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
March 25, 2019
Submitted
March 29, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N6707A
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
30395
Aircraft time
64,029 hours, 23,644 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Wing
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

SHIP 6707 DURING NDT INSPECTION CRACK WAS FOUND AT OPEN FASTENER HOLE 10 OF LT WING UPPER SKIN, ABOVE PYLON FWD ATTACHMENT AREA. AFTER HOLE 10 REPAIR, NEW SHIMS FABRICATED, DRAG FITTINGS AND NEW FASTENERS WERE INSTALLED BUT DUE WRONG SEQUENCE DURING INSTALL OF ITEMS, ALL NEW FASTENERS WERE REMOVED AGAIN ON UPPER SKIN AND ON DRAG FITTINGS. IN REF NRC 407. AD RELATED. CORRECTIVE ACTION: SUMMARY OF NRC 00489 PERMANENT REPAIR ON FASTENER HOLE 10 OF LT WING UPPER SKIN, ABOVE PYLON FWD ATTACHMENT AREA WAS PERFORMED PER ETI REV. 4 AND ERA 576482-14AD REV. ORIG. (1002096)