# SDR DALA2023101708548

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: October 14, 2023
- Submitted: October 17, 2023
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N542US](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N542US), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 757251
- Aircraft serial: 26489
- Aircraft time: 81,070 hours, 30,483 cycles
- System (JASC): [5730 · Wing, Plate/Skin](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5730)
- Part: Unknown
- Part number: UNKNOWN
- Condition: Unknown
- Location: Unknown
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2023101708548

## Discrepancy

SHIP 5642 L/H WING #1ENG DRAG FITTING HOLE #5 HAS AN INDICATION OF DEFECT NOTED. INDICATION IS EST IN FTG LAYER AT THE 12 OCLOCK POSITION LOOKING AFT. INDICATION IS APPROX 1/8TH INCH DOWN FROM THE TOP OF THE FTG AND IS APPROX .030" IN DEPTH. VISUALLY AT INDICATION DIRECTION AND DEPTH A BLACK SPECK CAN BE SEEN CONFIRMING INDICATION IS MOSTLIKELY A PIT OF CORROSION. CORRECTIVE ACTION: REF ERA 594591-14. (0017429)

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