Service difficulty report · Wedge · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
May 18, 2023
Submitted
May 26, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N660DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
24422
Aircraft time
97,806 hours, 44,635 cycles
Part
Wedge
Condition
Dented
Location
Nr 6 Slat
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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 660 SEVERAL DENTS ON UPPER SKIN WEDGE OF SLAT PANEL #6 AT RH WING. CORRECTIVE ACTION: SUMMARY OF NRC 00204: DENTS (13 EAS) WERE EVALUATED AND FOUND WITH DIMENTIONS AS FOLLOWS DENT #8 ( MORE CRITICAL ) A=0.389" Y= 0.016" A/Y=24, DENT #12 ( MINOR CRITICAL ) A=0.167" Y=0.004"A/Y= 41 THEREFORE DENTS (12EAS) ARE WITHIN LIMITS PER B757-200 SRM 57 -43-02-1A ALLOWABLE DAMEGE 1 NOTE J FIG. 101 DETAIL III. AND DENT OUT LIMITS DENT N 8 WAS REPAIRED B757-200 S.R.M. (2773740)