- Difficulty date
- November 22, 2019
- Submitted
- November 25, 2019
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Boeing 757251
- Aircraft serial
- 26490
- Aircraft time
- 72,773 hours, 28,014 cycles
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Bs 1520-1540
- 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 5643, L/P 1371258) 2 DEEP BLEND OUTS AROUND FASTENERS ON EXTERNAL FUSELAGE SKIN BTWN STA 1520-1540 ON STR 27R. CORRECTIVE ACTION: REPAIRED AREA IAW B757 SRM 53-00-01 REPAIR 28 INSPECTION THRESHOLD 25,000 FLIGHT CYCLES. REPEAT INTERVALS 6,000 FLIGHT CYCLES HFEC AND EXTERNAL DETAILED VISUAL NDT PT6 51-00-01.